Nitraria

Nitraria

 

a genus of halophilic of the family Nitrariaceae (previously assigned to the family Zygophyllaceae). The sometimes thorny shrubs have alternate and entire fleshy leaves. The flowers, which are gathered in loose cymose inflorescences, are bisexual, pentamerous, and yellowish or white. The fruit is drupaceous and usually juicy. There are about ten species of Nitraria, distributed in Eurasia (in Europe, only in the southeast), northern Africa, and Australia. The USSR has four species. N. schoberi grows primarily in deserts and semideserts; it sometimes grows on salinated soils in steppes, forming pure thickets in some places. The fruits serve as feed for animals, including birds; they are sometimes used as human food. The ashes contain potash.

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Effect of salt stress on growth, water relations, solute composition and photosynthetic capacity of hero-halophyte Nitraria retusa (L.
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Tolerance of Molokhia (Corchorus olitorius L.) seed with dead sea water, sea water, and NaCl: germination and anatomical approach
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EFFECTS OF GROWTH STAGES ON THE NUTRITIVE VALUE OF SPECIFIC HALOPHYTE SPECIES IN SALINE GRASSLANDS
Phytosociology and size structure of Nitraria retusa along the Egyptian Red Sea coast.
Reproductive effort of some annual and perennial plant species: impact of successional sequence, habitat conditions and plant size
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Simulating the vertical transition of soil textural layers in north-western China with a Markov chain model
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On the river terraces and in the deltas, there is halophytic vegetation consisting mainly of annual chenopods (Salsola, Suaeda, Halogeton) or shrubby chenopods (Halostachys), the occasional specimen of zaisan (Haloxylon ammodendron), tamarisk, and Nitraria schoberi (Zygophyllaceae).
The subtropical cold deserts and subdeserts
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Relationship between growth of nitraria schoberi and some Soil properties.
EFFECTS OF SELECTED SOIL PROPERTIES ON GROWTH OF HALOXYLON SP. IN SEGZI PLAIN (IRAN)
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GROWTH OF NITRARIA SCHOBERI AND SOME SOIL PROPERTIES
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