Publication Date
1997
Description
Canadian peat moss was used as water holding material and the efficacy of mixing the peat with the sand on water holding capacity of the sand, and the adaptability of alfalfa (AL), burmudagrass (BG), bahiagrass(BH), weeping lovegrass (WL) and Japanese lawngrass(JL) to dry and saline conditions were investigated. Without mixing peat, pF value of the sand did not change for 6 days after watering, but rose markedly up to 2.9 after 18 days. With mixing peat at the rate of 2% by the sand weight, the value did not change for 20 days, and rose gradually up to 2.5 on 30th. The yield of the herbages was the highest in the sand with peat at 2%, and WL showed the highest value followed by BG. Salt tolerance at germination and seedling tests was the strongest in BG and WL. Under the 100mM NaCl condition, the pattern of cation uptake in BG and WL showed lower Na uptake and K decline than in AL, BH and JL. Oxygen production in thylakoid membrane was the highest in BG and WL.
Citation
Maeda, Y; Otani, T; Ogiwara, K; Murai, S; and Takenaga, H, "Salt Tolerance in Herbage and its Application to Greening the Desert" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 88.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1997/session22/88
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Salt Tolerance in Herbage and its Application to Greening the Desert
Canadian peat moss was used as water holding material and the efficacy of mixing the peat with the sand on water holding capacity of the sand, and the adaptability of alfalfa (AL), burmudagrass (BG), bahiagrass(BH), weeping lovegrass (WL) and Japanese lawngrass(JL) to dry and saline conditions were investigated. Without mixing peat, pF value of the sand did not change for 6 days after watering, but rose markedly up to 2.9 after 18 days. With mixing peat at the rate of 2% by the sand weight, the value did not change for 20 days, and rose gradually up to 2.5 on 30th. The yield of the herbages was the highest in the sand with peat at 2%, and WL showed the highest value followed by BG. Salt tolerance at germination and seedling tests was the strongest in BG and WL. Under the 100mM NaCl condition, the pattern of cation uptake in BG and WL showed lower Na uptake and K decline than in AL, BH and JL. Oxygen production in thylakoid membrane was the highest in BG and WL.
