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Spice Crops Tolerant to Salinity and Alkalinity


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1 Department of Soil and Water Engineering, C.C.S. Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), India
2 Department of Vegetable Crop, C.C.S. Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), India
     

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Tolerance and yield of a crop are complex genetic traits, which are difficult to maintain simultaneously since salt stress may occur as a catastrophic agent, be imposed continuously or intermittently or become gradually more severe. Salinity and alkalinity stress have a major impact on spices in the form of their growth, development and yield.Adverse effects of salinity might be due to ion cytotoxicity and osmatic stress, which disrupt homeostasis in water potential and ionic distribution due to disordering in cohesions of membrane lipids and proteins and influence various physiological and biochemical processes. To review the tolerance of spices to salinity and alkalinity, the present paper collates the existing experimental data sets, establishing the salt tolerance limits under saline or alkali environment either in soil ischolar_main zone or which is created due to the application of saline or alkali irrigation water for crop production. Studies show that the salt affected areas and saline irrigation water can be utilized satisfactorily to raise forest and fruit tree species, forage grasses, conventional and non-conventional crops, oil seed crops, spice crops of high economic value, petro-crops and flower plants.

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Spice Crops, Salinity, Saline Soil, Saline Water, Varietal Tolerance.
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Authors

Sanjay Kumar
Department of Soil and Water Engineering, C.C.S. Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), India
Parmod Sharma
Department of Soil and Water Engineering, C.C.S. Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), India
Narender Kumar
Department of Soil and Water Engineering, C.C.S. Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), India
Mahesh Kumar Rana
Department of Vegetable Crop, C.C.S. Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), India

Abstract


Tolerance and yield of a crop are complex genetic traits, which are difficult to maintain simultaneously since salt stress may occur as a catastrophic agent, be imposed continuously or intermittently or become gradually more severe. Salinity and alkalinity stress have a major impact on spices in the form of their growth, development and yield.Adverse effects of salinity might be due to ion cytotoxicity and osmatic stress, which disrupt homeostasis in water potential and ionic distribution due to disordering in cohesions of membrane lipids and proteins and influence various physiological and biochemical processes. To review the tolerance of spices to salinity and alkalinity, the present paper collates the existing experimental data sets, establishing the salt tolerance limits under saline or alkali environment either in soil ischolar_main zone or which is created due to the application of saline or alkali irrigation water for crop production. Studies show that the salt affected areas and saline irrigation water can be utilized satisfactorily to raise forest and fruit tree species, forage grasses, conventional and non-conventional crops, oil seed crops, spice crops of high economic value, petro-crops and flower plants.

Keywords


Spice Crops, Salinity, Saline Soil, Saline Water, Varietal Tolerance.

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