Handbook of Halophytes: From Molecules to Ecosystems Towards Biosaline Agriculture

ISBN-13: 9783030576349 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 2870 str.

Marius-Nicusor Grigore

Spis treści

Definition and classification of Halophytes as an ecological group of plants.- A botanical history of Halophytes. From Theophrastus to nowadays.- Fighting with salt-affected areas:  A history of biosaline agriculture in Romania (1900-1989).- An ecological overview of halophytes from Pakistan (Thar, Cholistan deserts).- Biodiversity of halophytes of the Arctic zone  - circumpolar.- Halophytes: A glimpse of Indian Sundarbans - a world heritage site, its existing status and sustainability.- Coastal salt marshes: structure and function of plant communities.- Halophytic vegetation in Bulgaria.- An ecological overview of halophytes from arid inland environments of Argentina.- Bulgarian flora is related only to some species from Chenopodiaceae.- Halophytic vegetation in the Pannonian basin: origin, syntaxonomy, threat and conservation.- Mediterranean halophytic flora and vegetation in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal).- Armeria maritima (Mill.) Willd. in Romania’s flora.- An ecological overview of halophytes from the Aralkum area.- An ecological overview of halophytes from inland areas in Central Europe.- A tentative list of Romanian halophytes: taxonomy, distribution, ecology.- Reproductive and germination biology of the invasive alien flora subjected to saline influence on coastal Mediterranean habitats.- Competition between halophytes and invasive species.- Structure and conservation strategies of the littoral salt marshes vegetation at the East of Spain.- Endangered halophytes and its conservation: Lessons from Eastern Spain.- Spartina genus in the Valencian litoral (Spain).- Management and ecosystem services of halophytic vegetation.- Diversity of halophytes at the plant species and community level in Greece.- An overview on  halophytes of Sudan and Horn of Africa.- Diversity and conservation of halophilous vegetation in W-Romania protected areas.- Ecosystem services of seagrasses: from use to conservation.- Coastal wetlands of the White Sea: peculiarities of vegetation structure  under the influence of hydrological factors.- An overview of Class Crithmo-Staticetea on the Crimean Peninsula.

O autorze

Marius-Nicusor Grigore

Faculty of Biology

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi

Iasi, Romania

Marius-Nicusor Grigore is a lecturer PhD at Faculty of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania. He received his BSc and PhD in Biology from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași, Romania. He was subsequently a postdoctoral fellow in the field of halophytes’ ecophysiology at the same university, as well as an invited researcher at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. His primary research interests are in the ecology, anatomy and physiology of halophytes and plant responses to abiotic (salt, drought) stress. He has published 10 books, 9 book chapters, and over 70 peer-reviewed papers on halophytes. In 2016, he was awarded the Romanian Academy’s `Emil Racoviță` prize for the book - Halophytes: An Integrative Anatomical Study, published with Springer in 2014; Handbook of halophytes. From Molecules to Ecosystems towards Biosaline Agriculture, Springer, was awarded the scientific merit `Nicolae Giosan` by Academy of Agricultural and Forest Sciences Gheorghe Ionescu-Șișești” București, Romania, in November 2022. He coordinated national projects and conducted many scientific missions abroad, at Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, in the field of biochemistry and ecophysiology of halophytes and plant responses to salt stress.

Sections in the Handbook:

Conceptual Approach to Halophytes: Marius-Nicusor Grigore 

Halophyte Distribution, Taxonomical Diversity, Flora, and Vegetation: Monica Tereza Boscaiu Neagu 

Structural Adaptations of Halophytes: Morphology, Anatomy, and Ultrastructure of Halophytes: Marius-Nicusor Grigore

Physiology and Ecophysiology of Halophytes: Bilquees Gul

Mangroves: Robert I. Lonard

Biochemistry of Halophytes: Dealing with Salt Stress: Oscar Vicente

Halophytes and Biosaline Agriculture: Potential Use, Phytoremediation: Munir Ozturk 

Halophytes, Ethnobotany, Culture, and Human Civilization: Bringing Halophytes into Human Life: Marius-Nicusor Grigore