Evaluating the nutritional, therapeutic, and economic potential of Tetragonia decumbens Mill.: A promising wild leafy vegetable for bio-saline agriculture in South Africa
Open Agriculture,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
10(1)
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Abstract
Global
agriculture
feeds
over
seven
billion
people
and
alarmingly,
this
number
is
expected
to
increase
by
a
further
50%
2050.
To
meet
the
additional
food
demand,
world
development
report
has
estimated
that
crop
production
should
70–100%
However,
climate
change,
expanding
soil
salinization,
developing
shortages
of
freshwater
have
negatively
affected
edible
plants
around
world.
Current
attempts
adapt
these
conditions
include
use
salt-tolerant
plant
species
with
potential
economic
value
fulfil
increasing
demand
escalated
human
population.
The
wild
halophyte
Tetragonia
decumbens
commonly
known
as
dune
spinach
be
used
leafy
vegetable,
source
dietary
salt,
in
phytoremediation
secondary
metabolites.
it
remains
underutilized
South
Africa
commercial
farming
never
been
explored.
This
review
examined
domesticating
describing
its
morphology
ecology,
propagation
cultivation
requirements
well
on
health
saline
soils.
Furthermore,
analysis
useful
towards
research
popularization
underexploited
halophyte.
Язык: Английский
Variation in Root-Associated Microbial Communities among Three Different Plant Species in Natural Desert Ecosystem
Plants,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
13(17), С. 2468 - 2468
Опубликована: Сен. 3, 2024
The
process
and
function
that
underlie
the
assembly
of
root-associated
microbiomes
may
be
strongly
linked
to
survival
strategy
plants.
However,
functional
changes
microbial
communities
in
different
desert
plants
natural
ecosystems
are
still
unclear.
Thus,
we
studied
diversity
root
endosphere
(RE),
rhizosphere
soil
(RS),
bulk
(BS)
among
three
representative
(Alhagi
sparsifolia,
Tamarix
ramosissima,
Calligonum
caput-medusae)
Xinjiang
regions
{Taklimakan
(CL),
Gurbantünggüt
(MSW),
Kumtag
(TLF)}
China.
This
study
found
properties
{electrical
conductivity
(EC),
organic
carbon
(SOC),
total
nitrogen
(TN)
phosphorus
(TP),
available
(AN)
(AP)}
C.
caput-medusae
were
significantly
lower
than
those
A.
sparsifolia
T.
while
nutrients
(TN
TP)
higher
compared
ramosissima.
beta
bacteria
fungi
(RE)
was
different.
common
OTU
numbers
compartments
(RE,
RS,
BS)
ranked
as
RS
>
BS
RE.
bacterial
fungal
Shannon
Simpson
indexes
Additionally,
(RE
RS)
node
average
degree
Root
collectively
contributed
composition
12.4%;
10.6%;
BS,
16.6%)
34.3%;
1.5%;
17.7%).
These
findings
demonstrate
variations
populations
across
plant
species
with
distinct
arid
environments.
More
importantly,
highlights
how
much
contribute
communities.
Язык: Английский