1st Edition
Halophytic and Salt-Tolerant Feedstuffs Impacts on Nutrition, Physiology and Reproduction of Livestock
456 Pages
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CRC Press
454 Pages
by
CRC Press
453 Pages
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CRC Press
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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 tolerant and halophytic feedstuffs to be... Read more
Editor’s Preface. About the Editors. Acknowledgements. List of Contributors. List of Acronyms, Abbreviations and Equivalents. PART 1 Extent and Geographic Distribution of salt tolerant and halophytic feedstuffs. PART 2 Nutritional aspects. PART 3 Experience with halophyte feeding. PART 4 Physiological aspects. PART 5 Focus on non-ruminants and uniting perspectives. Author and Subject Index.
Biography
Hassan M. El Shaer, Victor Roy Squires
