Use of saline drainage water for irrigation, reclamation and cultivation of new land areas in Sinai Peninsula

First and second-year assessments of the rapid reconstruction and re-vegetation method for reclaiming two saline–sodic, coastal soils with drip-irrigation

“…Although some salinity-tolerant plants can be included during the reclamation process (Ahmad et al, 1986;Akhter et al, 2004;ElSaidi, 2002;Helalia et al, 1992;Qadir et al, 1996;Sidhu et al, 2004), they are limited by the growth environment and their salinity tolerance. Moreover, most such plants used for soil reclamation have been shallow-rooted annual crops and show poor diversity in form and color (Ahmad et al, 1986;Akhter et al, 2004;El-Saidi, 2002;Helalia et al, 1992;Qadir et al, 1996;Sidhu et al, 2004). These are not conducive to the reconstruction of a pleasing landscape, which need a variety of plant types.…”

“…Use of salinity-tolerant plants has been recommended as a useful approach for soil reclamation and increased agricultural productivity (Ahmad et al, 1986;Akhter et al, 2004;El-Saidi, 2002;Helalia et al, 1992;Qadir et al, 1996;Sidhu et al, 2004). Rice (Ahmad et al, 1986), clover (Mehanni, 1987), amshot grass (Helalia et al, 1992), sesbania (Qadir et al, 1996), barley (Khoshgoftarmanesh et al, 2003), kallar grass (Akhter et al, 2004), a rice-wheat system (Nayak et al, 2008), Suaeda maritima and Sesuvium portulacastrum (Wang et al, 2013), and beet (Ammari et al, 2013) have been used for soil reclamation.…”