Hassan M. El Shaer

Naturally occurring salt tolerant and halophytic plants (trees, shrubs, grasses, and forbs) have always been utilised by livestock as a supplement or drought reserve. Salt tolerant forage and fodder crops are now being planted over wide areas. Increasingly, large-scale production of fodder on formerly abandoned irrigated cropland has allowed salt tolerant and halophytic feedstuffs to be mainstreamed into the supply...