Restoration of saline land by halophytes for Indian soils

• DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.02.005
• Publication Date: 2007-05-08T13:33:38Z
• Authors: K.C. Ravindran; K. Venkatesan; V. Balakrishnan; K.P. Chellappan; T. Balasubramanian
• Keywords: 15. Life on land; 01 natural sciences; 6. Clean water; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

Usually saline soils were reclamized by chemical or mechanical remediation, since the cost of leaching technique for saline soil reclamation is higher in India. In the present study an attempt has been made to investigate to identify the fast and luxuriantly growing halophytic herbs which are salt accumulators and to assess the feasibility of salt bioaccumulation. From the results it is concluded that among six species studied Suaeda maritima and Sesuvium portulacastrum exhibited greater accumulation of salts in their tissues as well as higher reduction of salts in the soil medium.