Physico-chemical properties of soils populated with wild halophytes in some Romanian areas
Keywords:
conductivity, halophytes, pH, redox potential, salinity.Abstract
Soil salinity is one of the most important abiotic stress factor which reduces crop productivity worldwide, limits plant survival rate and restricts the use of arable land. Romanian saline soil areas are located on the seaside of the Black Sea and in different inland regions of the country. Nine Romanian sampling sites were analyzed, several obligative and facultative halophytes were identified.The main objective of the present study is to determine physical and chemical properties (pH, conductivity, salinity, redox potential) of some soil samples of saline areas from the Transylvanian Basin in order to give a better understanding about further characterization of halophytes adaptation mechanisms.
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