Crop tolerance to seawater

Crop tolerance to seawater is the ability of an agricultural crop to withstand the high salinity induced by irrigation with seawater, or a mixture of fresh water and seawater. There are crops that can grow on seawater and demonstration farms have shown the feasibility.[1] The government of the Netherlands reports a breakthrough in food security as specific varieties of potatoes, carrots, red onions, white cabbage and broccoli appear to thrive if they are irrigated with salt water.[2]

  1. ^ Monica Nicks, 2014. Consider The Salt-Tolerant Potato. In: Modern Farmer. On line: [1]
  2. ^ Government of The Netherlands, 2017. Dutch saline agricultural knowledge brings breakthrough in food security. News item | 23-02-2017 | 12:13. On line: [2]

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