A halophyte is a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs, and seashores. The word derives from Ancient Greek ἅλας (halas) 'salt' and φυτόν (phyton) 'plant'.

Halophytes are a viable commercial alternative to traditional crops and can be used as forage and animal feeds and as energy, oilseed, and protein crops. Halophytes are sufficient to restore saline and contaminated lands and may become an important component of …

2017年10月24日 · A halophyte is a type of plant that is able to survive in and around land or water high in salt content. These plants may spend their entire life cycle in high saline environments. Most commonly, halophytes are found growing along ocean shorelines, but can also grow in swamps, marshlands, and desert conditions.

2020年9月24日 · Halophytes are deep-rooting plants that achieve optimum growth and yield potential at levels at which virtually all modern crops would perish.

Some plants grow and complete their life cycle in the habitats with a high salt content. They are known as salt plants or halophytes. According to Stocker (1933), the critical level of salinity for plants is 0.5% of the dry weight.

In this Preface to a Special Issue on halophytes and saline adaptations, the evolution of salt tolerance in halophytes, their life-history traits and progress in understanding the molecular, biochemical and physiological mechanisms contributing to salt tolerance are summarized.

In this review, we focus on the mechanisms, from the macroscopic to the molecular, underlying the successful growth of halophytes in saline environments to explain why salt has beneficial effects on halophytes but harmful effects on non-halophytes.

2023年1月28日 · Plants which grow and complete their life cycle in habitats with a high salt content are called salt plants or halophytes. Usually that term is reserved only for plants which appear in salty habitats constantly and specifically.

2021年5月19日 · Definitions of halophytes and their classification in an ecological frame are very important for establishing a correlation between halophytes and xerophytes, through the concept of physiological drought.

Halogeton glomeratus is an annual herb that is not native to California. [www.ars.usda.gov] Toxic to livestock: Halogeton, a fast-growing annual plant of the Western States, frequently causes poisoning in sheep. Cattle may be also be poisoned.