Handbook of Halophytes. From Molecules to Ecosystems towards Biosaline Agriculture. 3 volumes. 2021. 1010 (708 col.) figs. XXXIX, 2870 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

This handbook covers all important topics related to halophyte biology: definition, classification, morphology, anatomy, ultrastructure, physiology and ecophysiology, photosynthesis, biochemistry, genetics and genomics, saline environments and the rhizosphere, ecology, mangroves, biosaline agriculture and potential use of halophytes. Each topic is explained in detail and examined from various angles in order to offer a comprehensive view on this fascinating group of plants. The idea and the vision of this handbook are born from a need for having a treatise - in its encyclopaedic sense - that gathers all relevant knowledge about halophytes, which may play a key-role in an anxious scenarios regarding salinity threat in agriculture and food crisis.

Main chapter headings
1 Conceptual Approach to Halophytes
2 Halophyte Distribution, Taxonomical Diversity, Flora and Vegetation
3 Structural Adapdations of Halophytes. Morphology, Anatomy, and Ultrastructure in Halophytes
4 Physiology and Ecophysiology of Halophytes
5 Mangroves
6 Biochemistry of Halophytes: Dealing with Salt Stree
7 Origin and Evolution of Halophytes
8 Halophytes and Biosaline Agriculture: Potential Use, Phytoremediation
9 Halophytes, Ethnobotany, Culture, and Human Civilization: Bringing Halophytes into Human Life
Index