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This article focuses on presenting the state-of-the-art of topics related to feedstock values of some common fodder halophytes in Egypt in order to highlight the importance of halophytes in the arid regions of Egypt. The covered topics in this article include the following:-Common halophyte fodders in different regions of Egypt.-Advantages and disa...
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... The Kyzylkum (means 'red sand') Desert is a sandy desert with dune ridges, many of which have a moderate to substantial vegetation cover (Goudie, 2002). It occupies the flat territory in northern Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan with an area of about 3 × 10 5 km 2 (Ortiqova, 2019). It is surrounded by Amu Darya to the southwest, Zaravshan River to the southeast, Syr Darya to the northeast, and Aral Sea to the northwest (Fig. 1c). ...
... Most salt-resistant plants growing in Uzbekistan, including in the Bukhara region, are well studied and characterized by adaptation to stressful conditions and their potential as sources of animal feed, oil, and medicinal substances (Shamsutdinov, 2002;Ortiqova, 2019). However, to understand the mechanisms of plant adaptation to extreme conditions, it is necessary to study their microbiome, in particular, to assess the contribution of endophytic microorganisms to adaptation to stressful environmental conditions. ...
Halophytes play an essential role in ecosystems, forming plant mass and seed material in salinization and water scarcity conditions, and have unique mechanisms that allow them to survive in regions where other crops cannot exist. This ability of halophyte plants is due, among other things, to endophytic microorganisms inhabiting various organs and tissues of these plants and adapting halophytes to stressful living conditions. The article presents data on the diversity, salt-resistance, and some characteristics of endophytic fungi isolated from 4 halophytes growing in the desert region of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Thirty-five endo-phytes from 44 obtained isolates exposed to stable growth for several generations. All cultures were tolerant to 5-10% NaCl in the medium; 13 isolates showed stable growth at 20% salt. The most significant number of endophytic fungi was isolated from the hyperhalophyte Climacoptera crassa.
... Коракулчилик яйловларини юзаки яхшилаш деганда уларнинг табиий усимликлар копламига деярли зиён келтирилмасдан, усимлик копламида яхши ёки етарли микдорда ривожланмаган, бирок унувчанлик кобиляти йуколмаган фойдали усимликлар уруг захиралари булган майдонларда тупрокнинг сув-физик хусусиятларини яхшилашга каратилган усуллар тизимини куллаш тушинилади (Ortiqova, 2019). ...
... Depending on the plant species (herbaceous, shrub, or tree), the salt concentration, the harvested portion (i.e. stem-leaves or seeds), etc., the biomass may undergo different destinies, such as fodder, feed, edible oil, timber, fibre, biofuel, energy production, essential oils, source of bioactive compounds (Barreira et al., 2017;Agudelo et al., 2021;Turcios et al., 2021;Ozturk et al., 2019;Ortiqova, 2019;Castañeda-Loaiza et al., 2020;Stevanovic et al., 2019) ...
The loss of agro-biodiversity, climate changes and food insecurity are major challenges in the Mediterranean countries with potentially multidimensional consequences. With respect to salinity, approximately 18 million ha, corresponding to 25 % of total irrigated land in the Mediterranean area, are salt affected. Intensive cropping and the excessive use of expensive inputs such as water and fertilizers aggravate this situation. Understanding how we could improve crop productivity in salinized environments is therefore critical to face these challenges. Our comprehension of fundamental physiological mechanisms in plant salt stress adaptation has greatly advanced over the last decades. However, many of these mechanisms have been linked to salt tolerance in simplified experimental systems whereas they have been rarely functionally proven in real agricultural contexts. The sustainability of farming systems in salt affected Mediterranean soils can be effectively achieved by the use of salt-tolerant halophyte plants even more effective through the use of intercropping, crop rotation and aquaponics.. Moreover, if these halophyte plants are removed from the soil to grow other species, pressure on generating salt-tolerant crop plants would be reduced and much healthier crop plants would be cultivated in less stressed saline soils. This paper will focus on the sustainable practices based on the cultivation of halophytes in saline soils by highlighting some experimental activities carried out at laboratory and field levels in the last few years.
... Maireana sedifolia, Iresine rhizomatosa, Cakile maritima and Arthrocnemum halocnemoides are very effective desert landscape species and extensively used in landscaping. Tolerance to high salinity and other environmental stresses established Callistemon citrinus and Callistemon laevis as candidates for landscaping in saline and arid areas (Cassaniti & Romano, 2011;Ortiqova, 2019). Plant responses to the salt stress depend on the duration and intensity of salt exposure (Ventura et al., 2015). ...
Production of food, fodder and plant vegetation declined rapidly around the world due to climate change, increase in saline areas and loss of productive lands. A major challenge of sustainable development goals is increasing crop yield and food security by using non-conventional plants in agriculture. Hence, there is a need to develop halophyte based saline agriculture to meet growing demands to feed the world population. Halophytes are the natural inhabitants of salt contaminated degraded soils in diverse environments and offer a multitude of potential applications for sustaining crop productivity. Salt tolerance in halophytes is associated with the plant eco-physiological adaptation that play important roles in their survival and especially adaptation to adverse conditions. Priority attention is required to exploit saline lands and halophytes for economic purposes that will ultimately reduce energy, fresh water and food crises. High nutritional values, resistance to soil containments and production of industrially important products from halophytes offer solutions to apply biotechnological applications that could play an essential role in the production of food, fodder and medicinal supplements. The reclamation of degraded lands, removal of pollutants and the production of alternative energy sources are other emerging fields of applications of these groups of extremophile plants. To increase economic potential and agro-management systems, revegetation and rehabilitation of halophytes are recommended for landscaping, phytoremediation and effluent purification. This review summarizes the perspective of halophytes existence in saline, arid and semi-arid regions as promising alternative sources for industrial applications.
