Potential Use of Halophytes to Remediate Saline Soils

Table 3

List of halophytes with highest potential as vegetable crop for saline irrigation. Adapted from Ventura and Sagi [49] with permission from Elsevier.

Plant species	Salt tolerance limit	Popular uses	References
Aster tripolium	300 mM	Fresh salads, cooked vegetable	Koyro et al. [35]
Atriplex hortensis	>250 mM	Pot herb, colorful salad greens	Wilson et al. [53]
Batis maritima	200 mM	Eaten raw, cooked, or pickled	Debez et al. [54]
Cochlearia officinalis	100 mM	Fresh salads	de Vos [55]
Crambe maritima	>100 mM	Fresh salads	de Vos et al. [56]
Crithmum maritimum	150 mM	Fresh and pickled as spice and for salads	Hamed et al. [57], Ben Amor et al. [58]
Diplotaxis tenuifolia	~150 mM	Mixed salads	de Vos [55]
Inula crithmoides	400 mM	Salads, pickled in vinegar	Tardío et al. [59], Zurayk and Baalbaki [60]
Mesemyranthenum crystallinum	400 mM	Salad green or quickly cooked	Herppich et al. [61], Agarie et al. [62]
Plantago coronopus	250 mM	Salad greens	Koyro [63]
Portulaca oleracea	<140 mM	Salad greens, cooked vegetable	Simopoulos [64], Yazici et al. [65]
Salicornia sp.	>500 mM	Salad greens, vegetable	Ventura et al. [66]
Sarcocornia sp.	>500 mM	Salad greens, vegetable	Ventura et al. [66]
Tetragonia tetragonioides	174 mM	Frozen like spinach	Wilson et al. [53], Słupski et al. [67]