Biosalinity in Action: Bioproduction with Saline Water

Historically, scientists and laymen have regarded salinity as a hazar­ dous, detrimental phenomenon. This negative view was a principal reason for the lack of agricultural development of most arid and semi­ arid zones of the world where the major sources of water for biological production are saline. The late Hugo Boyko was probably the first scientist in recent times to challenge this commonly he...