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Science 24 October 1980:
Vol. 210. no. 4468, pp. 399 - 404
DOI: 10.1126/science.210.4468.399
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Saline Culture of Crops: A Genetic Approach

Emanuel Epstein 1, Jack D. Norlyn 2, Dale W. Rush 3, Ralph W. Kingsbury 3, David B. Kelley 3, Glen A. Cunningham 3, and Anne F. Wrona 3

1 Professor of plant nutrition in the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources and a professor of botany and a plant physiologist at the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, Davis 95616
2 Staff research associate in the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources
3 Graduate students and research assistants in the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources

Increasing salinity of soil and water threatens agriculture in arid and semiarid regions. By itself, the traditional engineering approach to the problem is no longer adequate. Genetic science offers the possibility of developing salt-tolerant crops, which, in conjunction with environmental manipulation, could improve agricultural production in saline regions and extend agriculture to previously unsuited regions.


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