A team of researchers led by Dr. Vanessa Melino is studying salt-resistant plants, such as Salicornia species and its cousin, samphire. Both are comparable to asparagus and are known as sea asparagus.

UD Cooperative Extension, in collaboration with other partners, is investigating an alternative salt tolerant crop that may be able to sustain the productivity of these impacted lands. Seashore mallow ...

Salt is lethal to crops typically grown on Delmarva — the corn, soybeans and wheat that become fodder for the region’s $5 ...

Another promising line of research has been the discovery that this teff-related plant is also very tolerant of salt. This is a very important finding. Increased salinity in groundwater due to ...

She thought of a species enduring salt damage. Her search for such an existence led to glasswort, which has a high level of sodium tolerance. As she looked into recent studies of the plant ...

The plant can be pruned to thrive in small yards ... regions as long as it's brought inside for winter, says Funk. "Its salt tolerance makes it suitable for coastal gardens, while its compact ...

which could help plants be more salt-tolerant. The research focused on one of the genes that encode flotillin proteins—components of the cell membrane that are thought to be involved in a range ...