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Environmental and Management Considerations for Adopting the Halophyte Salicornia bigelovii Torr. as a Sustainable Seawater-Irrigated Crop

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  • Rodolfo Garza-Torres

    (Nayarit Unit of the Center for Biological Research of Northwest México (UNCIBNOR+), Aquaculture Program, Tepic CP: 63173, Mexico)

  • Enrique Troyo-Diéguez

    (Center for Biological Research of Northwest México (CIBNOR), Arid Zone Agriculture Program, La Paz CP: 23096, Mexico)

  • Alejandra Nieto-Garibay

    (Center for Biological Research of Northwest México (CIBNOR), Arid Zone Agriculture Program, La Paz CP: 23096, Mexico)

  • Gregorio Lucero-Vega

    (Baja California Sur Autonomous University (UABCS), Academic Department of Agronomy, La Paz CP: 23085, Mexico)

  • Francisco Javier Magallón-Barajas

    (Center for Biological Research of Northwest México (CIBNOR), Aquaculture Program, La Paz CP: 23096, Mexico)

  • Emilio García-Galindo

    (Center for Biological Research of Northwest México (CIBNOR), Graduate Studies and Human Resources Program, La Paz CP: 23096, Mexico)

  • Yenitze Fimbres-Acedo

    (Center for Biological Research of Northwest México (CIBNOR), Graduate Studies and Human Resources Program, La Paz CP: 23096, Mexico)

  • Bernardo Murillo-Amador

    (Center for Biological Research of Northwest México (CIBNOR), Arid Zone Agriculture Program, La Paz CP: 23096, Mexico)

Abstract

Salicornia bigelovii Torr. is a potential new crop for coastal and saline lands, because of the oil content of its seeds, its properties as fresh vegetable, forage, and other uses. As a true halophyte, it can grow with seawater irrigation. The aim of this study was to determine the phenology and water requirements of Salicornia as a new plant resource in growing areas for salt-tolerant crops in coastal and saline lands, and elucidate scenarios of sustainability about these issues. Water requirements were estimated in experimental plots on the coastal line and fulfilled with drip irrigation connected to seawater aquaculture discharge ponds, 30 m from the sea. The recorded phenological events were germination, flowering, fructification, maturation, and physiological death. Results reflect the difficulty to adopt it as a new crop because of its long-life cycle, around nine months, contrasting with the life cycle of common crops, from three to four months. Irrigation needs reached a depth of 240 cm, significantly exceeding those of conventional crops. Such limitations are highlighted, but also its potential use as a biofilter of coastal aquaculture effluents, being a productive target-biomass, feasible to be used as a dual-purpose use of water and energy required in aquaculture farms.

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  • Rodolfo Garza-Torres & Enrique Troyo-Diéguez & Alejandra Nieto-Garibay & Gregorio Lucero-Vega & Francisco Javier Magallón-Barajas & Emilio García-Galindo & Yenitze Fimbres-Acedo & Bernardo Murillo-Ama, 2020. "Environmental and Management Considerations for Adopting the Halophyte Salicornia bigelovii Torr. as a Sustainable Seawater-Irrigated Crop," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-14, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:2:p:707-:d:310356
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