{"product_id":"9780792318668","title":"Tasks for Vegetation Science: Vol 2: Agriculture and forestry under marginal soil water conditions","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTasks for Vegetation Science: Vol 2: Agriculture and forestry under marginal soil water conditions\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eLieth, Helmut; Al Masoom, A.A.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Symposium on high salinity tolerant plants, held at the  University of Al Ain in December 1990, dealt primarily with plants  tolerating salinity levels exceeding that of ocean water and which at  the same time are promising for utilization in agriculture or  forestry. These plants could be very useful for a country like the UAE  where fresh water resources are very scarce and the groundwater  available at some places is already very salty. \u003cbr\u003e  More than 60 million woody trees\/shrubs have been planted so far and  more are planned for the inland plains underlain with brackish  groundwater. \u003cbr\u003e  These species were no solution for the widely barren shoreline of the  UAE. Here mangrove species were of potential use, and one species,  Avicennia Marina, occurs widely and has been successfully planted for  about a decade. \u003cbr\u003e  Converting the tree plantations into economically useful cropping  systems is still a problem requiring much research and development.  The book deals in several sections with conventional irrigation  systems using marginal water. The species used in these systems are  mostly hybrids of conventional crops. The irrigation systems, however,  have similar problems as may be expected for irrigation with seawater.  Papers show the participants' experiments in this area. The volume  serves as a link between scientists working for the improvement of  classical irrigation systems and those interested in the application  of a new dimension of salinity levels for irrigation water. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1993-01-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792318668\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-011-1860-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 279cm x210cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 447\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46311958380684,"sku":"9780792318668","price":197.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792318668.jpg?v=1771515212","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780792318668","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}