Halophytic and Salt-Tolerant Feedstuffs Impacts on Nutrition, Physiology and Reproduction of Livestock |
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Author:
| El Shaer, Hassan M. Squires, Victor Roy |
ISBN: | 978-0-429-17368-4 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2015 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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Imprint: | CRC Press |
Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
List Price: | USD $59.95 |
Book Description:
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Naturally occurring salt tolerant and halophytic plants (trees, shrubs, grasses, and forbs) have always been utilized by livestock as a supplement or drought reserve. Salt tolerant forage and fodder crops are now being planted over wide areas. Increasingly, large-scale production of fodder on formerly abandoned irrigated cropland has allowed salt t
Naturally occurring salt tolerant and halophytic plants (trees, shrubs, grasses, and forbs) have always been utilized by livestock as a supplement or drought reserve. Salt tolerant forage and fodder crops are now being planted over wide areas. Increasingly, large-scale production of fodder on formerly abandoned irrigated cropland has allowed salt t