Soil Salinization and Management Options for Sustainable Crop Production

2010 ◽  
pp. 41-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Suarez
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Soil Salinization ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Sustainable Crop Production

scholarly journals Edibility of Trachyandra ciliata (L.F.) kunth - an underutilized vegetable from South African Western Cape Coast: A review

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 18644-18661
Author(s):  
Sihle Ngxabi ◽  
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Jimoh Muhali ◽  
Charles Laubscher ◽  
Learnmore Kambizi
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Sand Dunes ◽  
Soil Salinization ◽  
Nutritional Composition ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Vegetable Crop ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Sustainable Crop Production ◽  
Technological Advances

security and nutrition and promote sustainable crop production by 2050. However, climate change, increasing soil salinization and the inadequate availability of fresh water have negatively affected crop production around the world including South Africa, making it difficult to meet the required target. This necessitates the use of wild edible plants that are adapted to adverse conditions such as drought and salinity in order to mitigate this problem. The genus Trachyandra (Asphodelaceae) consist of three edible species (T. ciliata, T. divaricata and T. falcata) which are native to the dry saline environments of the western Cape coastal sand dunes. The genus is less studied with no record of cultivated species, although the existing literature states that T. ciliata, (wild cabbage) was originally used as a food source by the indigenous Khoi-san people who lived on the South African Cape coast. Colonization and removal of indigenous people from cultural lands led to erosion and detachment from the knowledge of the land and its useful plants. The species is used in selected restaurants where the inflorescence is steamed and eaten as a vegetable or added into a stew. This review explores the importance of Asphodelaceae family, T. ciliata as a vegetable crop and its potential as a pharmaceutical candidate. Furthermore, this review examines potential technological advances such as hydroponics that could be used for sustainable crop production of T. ciliata. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) was utilized in the selection of articles in this review. The existing literature provided useful information on the potential of T. ciliata as a vegetable crop and the importance of using halophytes to achieve food security. This appraisal is expected to serve as a template for researchers, food enthusiasts, potential farmers and policy makers who may be keen in exploring further nutritional composition and medicinal potential of this plant.

Dynamic Cropping Systems for Sustainable Crop Production in the Northern Great Plains

2007 ◽  
Vol 99 (4) ◽  
pp. 904-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. Tanaka ◽  
J. M. Krupinsky ◽  
S. D. Merrill ◽  
M. A. Liebig ◽  
J. D. Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Great Plains ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Northern Great Plains ◽  
Sustainable Crop Production

Circular economy fertilization: Phycoremediated algal biomass as biofertilizers for sustainable crop production

2021 ◽  
Vol 287 ◽  
pp. 112295
Author(s):  
Gulshan Kumar Sharma ◽  
Shakeel Ahmad Khan ◽  
Manoj Shrivastava ◽  
Ranjan Bhattacharyya ◽  
Anil Sharma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Algal Biomass ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Sustainable Crop Production
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