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标题：BIO PROSPECTING MARINE HALOPHYTE Salicornia brachiata FOR MEDICAL IMPORTANCE AND SALT ENCRUSTED LAND DEVELOPMENT
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作者：Oswin D Stanley
期刊名称：JOURNAL OF COASTAL DEVELOPMENT
印刷版ISSN：1410-5217
出版年度：2008
卷号：11
期号：2
页码：62-69
语种：English
出版社：JOURNAL OF COASTAL DEVELOPMENT
摘要：Halophytes continue to be either under or unexplored in India. Many halophytic plants are of economic value and have industrial applications in the form of essential oils, medicinal, alcohol, fiber, latex, pulp, cosmetics etc. Salicornia spp extensively occur along Gujarat and Tamil Nadu coasts in the regularly (20-50 tides month−1) inundated inter tidal zones. Expanding saline wastelands, dubious rains, recurring droughts and soil erosion due to absence of green belt between sea and land ultimately lead to low productivity and poverty in these coastal regions. Seawater Agriculture is the strategy to link ecology and livelihood. Utilizing Salicornia to rehabilitate the land and bio-prospecting biomedical compounds is a promising concept besides addressing the issues of desertification, salt intrusion and ultimately poverty alleviation. It is rational to implement pilot projects in different locations with commercial motives entangled with research concepts standardization.
关键词：Salicornia - Bio prospecting - Medicinal values - Salt land Rehabilitation - Poverty Alleviation