Species, types, distribution, and economic potential of halophytes in China

摘要: According to a survey conducted from 1995 2004 in the eight regions with salinized soils, China contains 587 halophytes representing 242 genera and 71 families: apart three species of ferns, all are angiosperms. Physiologically, Chinese include salt-secreting halophytes, euhalophytes, pseudohalophytes. Ecologically, zerohalophytes, mesohalophytes, hydrohalophytes. represent salt-tolerant gene pool that might be used increase salt tolerance conventional crops through breeding, but also have considerable potential as economic providing food, forage, medicine, industrial material soils.