IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/zib/jclnws/v4y2020i2p47-55.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Wild Medics From Different Original Habitats Can Be Used As Forage Legumes In Salt Affected Soil

Author

Listed:
  • Nadia Mohamed El-Shafey

    (Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Salah Salem Street, Beni-Suef, 62511, Egypt)

  • Emad Al-Sherif

    (University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Jeddah Saudi Arabia)

Abstract

Legumes are a key player in sustainable agriculture. They are a potential tool as forage for reclamation of saline soils. However, still there is a need to balance between tolerance of the forage during different developmental stages and its productivity. The present work aimed to study salinity tolerance of four wild Medicago species, as an initial step to select new species that can be grown in salt-affected soils or used as wild relatives to improve alfalfa. Seeds of M. polymorpha, M. intertexta, M. truncatula and M. lupulina, collected from different natural habitats, as well as alfalfa were germinated under different salinity levels to evaluate germination percentage and germination speed. Generally, seeds of M. truncatula collected from desert habitat showed the highest mean germination percentage followed by alfaalfa, while seeds of M. intertexta collected from salt-affected habitat exhibited the highest mean germination speed, followed by M. lupulina. Under severe salt stress, M. intertexta exhibited the highest aerial biomass index, followed by M. truncatula and M. lupulina, while M. polymorpha and alfalfa came as inferiors. Mineral contents and ion leakage of the studied species were determined and discussed. M. intertexta, M. truncatula and M. lupulina, collected from stressful habitats, tended to maintain osmotic and ionic homeostasis by relying on accumulation of the less energetic cost ions (Na+) in roots and sugars and K+ in shoots scoring the highest aerial biomass and tolerance index, orderly. Therefore, the results recommend cultivating these species in salt-affected lands or using them as wild relatives to improve alfalfa.

Suggested Citation

  • Nadia Mohamed El-Shafey & Emad Al-Sherif, 2020. "Wild Medics From Different Original Habitats Can Be Used As Forage Legumes In Salt Affected Soil," Journal Clean WAS (JCleanWAS), Zibeline International Publishing, vol. 4(2), pages 47-55, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:zib:jclnws:v:4:y:2020:i:2:p:47-55
    DOI: 10.26480/jcleanwas.02.2020.47.55
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://jcleanwas.com/download/1199/
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.26480/jcleanwas.02.2020.47.55?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Qureshi, R.H. & Barrett-Lennard, E.G., 1998. "Saline Agriculture for Irrigated Land in Pakistan: A Handbook," Monographs, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, number 117728.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Mahmood, Khalid & Morris, Jim & Collopy, John & Slavich, Peter, 2001. "Groundwater uptake and sustainability of farm plantations on saline sites in Punjab province, Pakistan," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 48(1), pages 1-20, May.
    2. Barrett-Lennard, E. G., 2002. "Restoration of saline land through revegetation," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 53(1-3), pages 213-226, February.
    3. Asad Sarwar Qureshi & Chris Perry, 2021. "Managing Water and Salt for Sustainable Agriculture in the Indus Basin of Pakistan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-14, May.
    4. Saeed, Muhammad Mazhar & Ashraf, M. & Asghar, Muhammad Nadeem & Shafique, Muhammad Siddique, 2004. "Diagnostic analysis of farmers\u2019 skimming well technologies in the Indus Basin," IWMI Books, Reports H036188, International Water Management Institute.
    5. Qureshi, A.S. & McCornick, P.G. & Qadir, M. & Aslam, Z., 2008. "Managing salinity and waterlogging in the Indus Basin of Pakistan," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 95(1), pages 1-10, January.
    6. Qadir, M. & Sharma, B.R. & Bruggeman, A. & Choukr-Allah, R. & Karajeh, F., 2007. "Non-conventional water resources and opportunities for water augmentation to achieve food security in water scarce countries," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 87(1), pages 2-22, January.
    7. Kahlown, M.A. & Ashraf, M. & Zia-ul-Haq, 2005. "Effect of shallow groundwater table on crop water requirements and crop yields," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 76(1), pages 24-35, July.
    8. Shafique, Muhammad Siddique & Asghar, Muhammad Nadeem & Ashraf, Muhammad & Prathapar, S. A. & Aslam, M., 2004. "Guidelines for irrigation scheduling with skimmed groundwater to manage root zone salinity: a preliminary framework," IWMI Books, Reports H036183, International Water Management Institute.
    9. McFarlane, Don J. & Williamson, David R., 2002. "An overview of water logging and salinity in southwestern Australia as related to the `Ucarro' experimental catchment," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 53(1-3), pages 5-29, February.
    10. Asghar, M. N. & Amnad, S. & Shafique, M. S. & Kahlown, M. A., 2001. "Root zone salinity management using fractional skimming wells with pressurized irrigation: Inception report," IWMI Working Papers H030206, International Water Management Institute.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:zib:jclnws:v:4:y:2020:i:2:p:47-55. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Zibeline International Publishing (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://jcleanwas.com/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.