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DOI	10.1080/11263504.2020.1851791
	Effects of salinity on native shrubs and one near extinct tree species of Kuwait: potentials for restoring degraded desert ecosystem
	Suleiman, Majda Khalil; Islam, M. Anisul; Bhat, Narayana Ramachandra; Jacob, Sheena; Thomas, Rini Rachel; Elmi, Abdirashid Osman
通讯作者	Islam, MA (corresponding author), Kuwait Inst Sci Res, Environm & Life Sci Ctr, Desert Agr & Ecosyst Program, POB 24885, Safat 13109, Kuwait.
来源期刊	PLANT BIOSYSTEMS
ISSN	1126-3504
EISSN	1724-5575
出版年	2020-11
英文摘要	In view of the rapidly declining native plant cover due to existing harsh climate and uncontrolled grazing, Kuwait has undertaken initiatives to revegetate the desert land with native species to improve plant cover, soil stabilization, biodiversity and ecological processes. Because of the high temperature during long summer months and sandy soil types, transplanted seedlings are irrigated regularly, mostly with brackish groundwater. This study was undertaken to evaluate survival, growth and proline accumulation of transplanted Vachellia pachyceras, Rhanterium epapposum, Farsetia aegyptia and Haloxylon salicornicum seedlings that were irrigated with four levels of saline water ranging from EC 1.6 to 5.5 dS/m for 14 months. Irrigation with different salinity levels had no significant effect on seedlings survival in V. pachyceras, H. salicornicum and R. epapposum while F. aegyptia exhibited only 38% survival under brackish water irrigation. Total plant biomass declined with increasing salinity in irrigation water except in R. epapposum. However, salinity of irrigation water did not increase proline content. Present results suggest that revegetation involving these four native species can be implemented using brackish groundwater with salinity level up to EC of 5.5 dS/m in arid and semiarid regions where freshwater is scarce and need for revegetation is critically important.
英文关键词	Native plants seedling growth survival saline water irrigation revegetation
类型	Article ; Early Access
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000598207500001
WOS类目	Plant Sciences
WOS研究方向	Plant Sciences
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/352430
作者单位	[Suleiman, Majda Khalil; Islam, M. Anisul; Bhat, Narayana Ramachandra; Jacob, Sheena; Thomas, Rini Rachel] Kuwait Inst Sci Res, Environm & Life Sci Ctr, Desert Agr & Ecosyst Program, POB 24885, Safat 13109, Kuwait; [Elmi, Abdirashid Osman] Kuwait Univ, Coll Life Sci, Kuwait, Kuwait
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Suleiman, Majda Khalil,Islam, M. Anisul,Bhat, Narayana Ramachandra,et al. Effects of salinity on native shrubs and one near extinct tree species of Kuwait: potentials for restoring degraded desert ecosystem[J],2020.
APA	Suleiman, Majda Khalil,Islam, M. Anisul,Bhat, Narayana Ramachandra,Jacob, Sheena,Thomas, Rini Rachel,&Elmi, Abdirashid Osman.(2020).Effects of salinity on native shrubs and one near extinct tree species of Kuwait: potentials for restoring degraded desert ecosystem.PLANT BIOSYSTEMS.
MLA	Suleiman, Majda Khalil,et al."Effects of salinity on native shrubs and one near extinct tree species of Kuwait: potentials for restoring degraded desert ecosystem".PLANT BIOSYSTEMS (2020).