Chedly Abdelly & Münir Öztürk 
Biosaline Agriculture and High Salinity Tolerance [PDF ebook] 

Physiology and biochemistry.- Survival at extreme locations: Life strategies of halophytes – The long way from system ecology, whole plant physiology, cell biochemistry and molecular aspects back to sustainable utilization at field sites.- Growth enhancement in two potential cereal crops, maize and wheat, by exogenous applicationation of glycinebetaine.- In vitro tissue culture approaches for the study of salt stress in citrus.- Seawater effects on antioxidant production in berries of three cultivars of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum mill.).- Identification of morphological, biochemical and physiological parameters for characterizing nutritional stress status in arboreous species differently tolerant to chlorosis.- Seawater irrigation: Effects on growth and nutrient uptake of sunflower plants.- Diversity in the response of two potential halophytes (Batis maritima and Crithmum maritimum) to salt stress.- Differential effects of sodium salts on the germination of a native halophytic species from South America: Prosopis strombulifera (Lam.) Benth.- Growth and nitrogen-fixing performances of medicago truncatula-Sinorhizobium meliloti symbioses under salt (Na Cl) stress: Micro- and macro-symbiont contribution into symbiosis tolerance.- Physiological responses of two arabidopsis thaliana isolates, N1438 and Col, to different salts.- Physiology of salt tolerance in Atriplex halimus L..- Comparison of salinity tolerance of two related subspecies of Beta vulgaris: The sea beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima) and the sugar beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris).- Salinity influence on soil microbial population metabolism and enzymatic activities in lysimeter-grown Olea europaea and Nicotiana glauca.- Ecology.- Halophyte plant diversity in the Irano-Turanian phytogeographical region of Turkey.- Potential use of halophytes with emphasis on fodder production in coastal areas of Pakistan.- Role of seed banks in the dynamics of desert communities.- Study of kochia (Kochia scoparia) as a forage crop.- Biodiversity of plant species and adaptation to drought and salt conditions. Selection of species for sustainable reforestation activity to combat desertification.- Potentiality of salt marshes in Mediterranean coastal zone of Egypt.- Studies on the halophyte desert vegetation in the Northern Caspian Region (Caspian Lowland and Mangyshlak).- Halophyte utilization for biodiversity and productivity of degraded pasture restoration in arid regions of Central Asia and Russia.- Selection of a halophyte that could be used in the bioreclamation of salt-affected soils in arid and semi-arid regions.- New approaches for biosaline agriculture development, management and conservation of sandy desert ecosystems.- Computer supported system for the risk assessment and action recommendation for the water objects in Uzbekistan based on the already developed databank.- Molecular biology.- Functional genomics to discover genes for salt tolerance in annual and perennial plants.- Molecular analyses of a dehydration-related gene from the DREB family in durum, wheat and triticale.- Expression analysis of salt stress responsive genes in grapevines.- Molecular biology and transport properties of grapevine Na+/H+ antiporter.- Opposite lipid signaling pathways tightly control proline accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana and Thellungiella halophila.- Cadmium and copper genotoxicity in plants.- Effect of salinity on growth, leaf-phenolic content and antioxidant scavenging activity in Cynara cardunculus L..- Closing remarks.- Contributions to the 2006 meeting on sustainable utilization ofcash crop halophytes in Tunis.