Salt tolerance of crops (Land Reclamation Directorate Studies, Pakistan)
|
Crop |
ECe threshold (dS/m at 25°C) |
ECe (dS/m) at which yield decreased by |
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|
10% |
25% |
50% |
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Wheat |
5.0 |
5.9 |
7.2 |
9.9 |
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Cotton |
5.9 |
8.7 |
12.7 |
17.1 |
|
Sugar cane |
1.8 |
3.0 |
5.5 |
9.9 |
|
Rice |
4.0 |
4.6 |
5.8 |
7.4 |
|
Barley |
7.0 |
8.9 |
11.6 |
15.7 |
|
Oilseeds |
4.0 |
5.2 |
6.8 |
9.7 |
|
Berseem |
1.2 |
2.4 |
5.4 |
12.0 |
|
Lucerne |
1.5 |
2.9 |
5.0 |
9.0 |
|
Oats |
4.2 |
5.5 |
7.6 |
11.7 |
|
Mash |
4.0 |
5.2 |
7.1 |
10.0 |
|
Lentil |
1.6 |
3.0 |
5.7 |
12.0 |
|
Garden cress |
7.5 |
9.2 |
12.2 |
17.0 |
|
Jantar |
6.0 |
8.0 |
12.0 |
15.4 |
|
Kallar grass |
9.0 |
12.4 |
14.0 |
16.0 |
Source: Ahmed (1988)
Tolerance of different species/varieties studied at the Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Pakistan
|
Species/Varieties |
Rootzone salinity (ECe) associated with 50% green matter yield reduction (dS/m) |
|
|
Atriplex ammenicola |
33.0 |
|
|
Acacia cambagei |
27.7 |
|
|
Atriplex lentiformis |
23.0 |
|
|
Atriplex undulata |
22.5 |
|
|
Leptochloa fusca (Kallar grass) |
22.0 |
|
|
Brassica napus (Gobhi sarson) |
19.5 |
|
|
Beta vulgaris (fodder beet) |
19.0 |
|
|
Hordeum vulgare (barley) |
|
|
| |
PK - 30064 |
19.0 |
|
PK - 30130 |
18.4 |
|
|
PK - 30136 |
17.9 |
|
|
Sorghum vulgare (JS-263) |
16.7 |
|
|
Sorghum vulgare (JS-1) |
16.5 |
|
|
Acacia calcicola |
16.5 |
|
|
Sorghum vulgare (Japani millet) |
15.0 |
|
|
Sesbania aculeata (dhancha) |
13.0 |
|
|
Hasawi rushed |
12.5 |
|
|
Leucaena leucocephala (Ipil-Ipil) |
12.4 |
|
|
Medicago sativa (Lucerne hijazi) |
12.2 |
|
|
Macroptilium atropurpureum (siratro) |
12.0 |
|
|
Lolium multiflorum (Italian rye grass) |
11.0 |
|
|
Echinochloa colona (Swank) |
11.2 |
|
|
Acacia kempeana |
11.0 |
|
|
Acacia aneura |
9.5 |
|
|
Acacia cunninghamii |
9.4 |
|
|
Acacia holosericea |
9.0 |
|
|
Panicum maximum (N-S-1) |
9.0 |
|
|
Panicum maximum (exotic) |
8.5 |
|
Source: Ahmed (1988)
Salt tolerant trees, saltbushes and grasses
Trees
|
Name |
Tolerance to |
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Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Saphaida) |
Salinity, waterlogging and drought |
|
Eucalyptus rudis (Saphaida) |
-do- |
|
Eucalyptus microtheca (Saphaida) |
-do- |
|
Eucalyptus tereticornis (Saphaida) |
-do- |
|
Tamarix aphylla (Frash) |
Salinity |
|
Terminala arjuna (Arjan) |
Salinity and Waterlogging |
|
Salix babylonica (Baid) |
Salinity |
|
Pongamia pinnata (Sukhchain) |
Salinity |
|
Acacia nilotica (Kikar) |
Salinity and Sodicity |
|
Acacia tortilis (Kikar) |
-do- |
|
Acacia ampliceps (Kikar) |
-do- |
|
Albizia bebbeck (Siris) |
Salinity |
|
Eugenia jambolana (Jaman) |
-do- |
|
Ziziphus jujuba (Ber) |
-do- |
|
Pridium guajava (Guava) |
-do- |
|
Prosopis juliflora (Jangli Kikar) |
Salinity and Sodicity |
|
Prosopis chilensis (Jangli Kikar) |
-do- |
|
Prosopis alba (Jangli Kikar) |
-do- |
|
Leucaena leucocephala (Ipil Ipil) |
Salinity |
|
Salvadora oleiodes (Van) |
-do- |
|
Phoenix dactylifera (Date palm) |
-do- |
|
Prosopis spicigera (Jand) |
-do- |
|
Capparis aphylla (Karir) |
-do- |
|
Azadirachta indica (Neem) |
-do- |
|
Grewia asiatica (Falsa) |
-do- |
Saltbushes
|
Name |
Tolerance To |
|
Suaeda fruticosa (Lana) |
Salinity/Sodicity |
|
Salsola soda (Sajji) |
-do- |
|
Kochia indica |
-do- |
|
Atriplex ammenicola (saltbush) |
-do- |
|
Atriplex lentiformis (saltbush) |
-do- |
|
Atriplex undulata (saltbush) |
-do- |
|
Maireana aphylla (Blue saltbush) |
-do- |
|
Maireana amoona (Blue saltbush) |
-do- |
|
Maireana pyramidata (Blue saltbush) |
-do- |
Grasses
|
Name |
Tolerance To |
|
Leptochloa fusca (Kallar grass) |
Salinity/Sodicity |
|
Sesbania aculeata (Jantar) |
Salinity |
|
Pan/cum maximum (Buffalo grass) |
Salinity/Drought |
|
Brassica napus (Gobi sarson) |
-do- |
|
Elitrigia elongata (Tall wheat grass) |
Salinity |
|
Finger millet (Madhal) |
-do- |
|
Garden cress (Halon) |
-do- |
|
Japanese millet (Swank) |
-do- |
|
Little millet (Swank) |
-do- |
