Title
    Performance of different tree species under saline irrigation at nursery stage. 
Authors
    Jain, B. L.; Muthana, K. D. 
Journal
    Myforest 1982, recd. 1985 Vol. 18 No. 4 pp. 175-180 
Record Number
    19850600466

Abstract

Seeds of 7 species (Prosopis juliflora, Colophospermum mopane, Tamarix articulata [T. aphylla], Eucalyptus hybrid [E. tereticornis], Cassia siamea, Acacia aneura and Dichrostachys glomerata) were sown in polythene bags in the first week of July [1977] and irrigated with water of electrical conductivity (e.c.) 0.6 mmhos until Sept. Saline water irrigations of seedlings were started in Oct., using water of e.c. 0.6, 2.7, 6.0 and 9.0 mmhos, and survival and growth recorded monthly until July 1978. The e.c. of the soil increased with saline irrigation. All species showed 100% survival for 3 months. After this, the species least tolerant to salinity (as shown by reduced survival and growth) were Colophospermum mopane, Cassia siamea and A. aneura. Eucalyptus, B. glomerata and P. juliflora were moderately tolerant while T. aphylla survived 100% in all treatments with less growth reduction than all other species.