Uddin Md Kamal, Juraimi Abdul Shukor
Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University Putra Malaysia, 43300 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2013 Oct 3;2013:409413. doi: 10.1155/2013/409413. eCollection 2013.
Land and water resources are becoming scarce and are insufficient to sustain the burgeoning population. Salinity is one of the most important abiotic stresses affecting agricultural productions across the world. Cultivation of salt-tolerant turfgrass species may be promising option under such conditions where poor quality water can also be used for these crops. Coastal lands in developing countries can be used to grow such crops, and seawater can be used for irrigation of purposes. These plants can be grown using land and water unsuitable for conventional crops and can provide food, fuel, fodder, fibber, resin, essential oils, and pharmaceutical products and can be used for landscape reintegration. There are a number of potential turfgrass species that may be appropriate at various salinity levels of seawater. The goal of this review is to create greater awareness of salt-tolerant turfgrasses, their current and potential uses, and their potential use in developing countries. The future for irrigating turf may rely on the use of moderate- to high-salinity water and, in order to ensure that the turf system is sustainable, will rely on the use of salt-tolerant grasses and an improved knowledge of the effects of salinity on turfgrasses.
土地和水资源正变得稀缺，不足以维持迅速增长的人口。盐度是影响全球农业生产的最重要的非生物胁迫之一。在水质较差的水也可用于这些作物的条件下，种植耐盐草坪草种可能是一个有前景的选择。发展中国家的沿海土地可用于种植此类作物，海水可用于灌溉。这些植物可以利用不适用于传统作物的土地和水来种植，并且可以提供食物、燃料、饲料、纤维、树脂、精油和药品，还可用于景观重建。有许多潜在的草坪草种可能适用于不同盐度水平的海水。本综述的目的是提高人们对耐盐草坪草、它们目前和潜在的用途以及它们在发展中国家的潜在用途的认识。草坪灌溉的未来可能依赖于使用中高盐度的水，为确保草坪系统的可持续性，将依赖于使用耐盐草种以及对盐度对草坪草影响的更深入了解。
