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Salinity is a serious problem of agriculture worldwide, particularly in arid and semiarid regions. Most of Pakistan is arid to semi-arid with low annual precipitation and 6.3 million hectares (mha) land is affected to varying degree of salinity [1]. As a result of this, heavy losses in crop yields and plant productivity have been recorded [2]. Lands with high salinity are not cultivated and are changing into wasteland, and farmers owning these lands are migrating towards cities or towns as a result of which population load on cities is increasing day by day and deficiencies in food, feed, fodder and industrial materials are being faced. So, there is an urgent need to utilize these lands for plant production [3].
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Ashraf, M.Y., Sarwar, G., Ashraf, M., Hussain, F., Wahed, R.A., Iqbal, M.M. (2006). Growth performance and nutritional value of salt tolerant plants growing under saline environments. In: Öztürk, M., Waisel, Y., Khan, M.A., Görk, G. (eds) Biosaline Agriculture and Salinity Tolerance in Plants. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7610-4_4
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