Review Article
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] |
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