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Environmental and Management Considerations for Adopting the Halophyte Salicornia bigelovii Torr. as a Sustainable Seawater-Irrigated Crop
Rodolfo Garza Torres
ENRIQUE TROYO DIEGUEZ
Alejandra Nieto Garibay
GREGORIO LUCERO VEGA
FRANCISCO JAVIER MAGALLON BARAJAS
Emilio García Galindo
YENITZE ELIZABETH FIMBRES ACEDO
Bernardo Murillo Amador
Acceso Abierto
Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas
DOI: 10.3390/su12020707
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/2/707
ISSN: 2071-1050
Salicornia, sea asparagus, coastal agro-aquaculture, seawater irrigation, allometric equation
"Salicornia as a new plant resource in growing areas for salt-tolerant crops in coastal and saline lands, and elucidate scenarios of sustainability about these issues. Water requirements were estimated in experimental plots on the coastal line and fulfilled with drip irrigation connected to seawater aquaculture discharge ponds, 30 m from the sea. The recorded phenological events were germination, flowering, fructification, maturation, and physiological death. Results reflect the difficulty to adopt it as a new crop because of its long-life cycle, around nine months, contrasting with the life cycle of common crops, from three to four months. Irrigation needs reached a depth of 240 cm, significantly exceeding those of conventional crops. Such limitations are highlighted, but also its potential use as a biofilter of coastal aquaculture effluents, being a productive target-biomass, feasible to be used as a dual-purpose use of water and energy required in aquaculture farms."
Multidisciplinary digital publishing institute
2020
Artículo
Sustainability
Inglés
PROTECCIÓN DE LOS CULTIVOS
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