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Table 2 Examples of biofuel halophytes

From: Facing the challenge of sustainable bioenergy production: Could halophytes be part of the solution?

 

Salt threshold

(mM NaCl)

Reference

Halophyte species

Aeluropus lagopoides

150

[133]

Alhagi maurorum

500

[84]

Arthrocnemum macrostachyum

-

-

Atriplex nitens

-

-

Atriplex rosea

1000

[84]

Cakile maritima

200

[79]

Climacoptera brachiata

-

-

Climacoptera lanata

470

[134]

Cressa cretica

425

[135]

Cynodon dactylon

50–150

[136]

Desmostachya bipinnata

400

[100]

Euphorbia tirucalli

-

-

Halogeton glomeratus

100

[137]

Halopyrum mucronatum

90

[138]

Halostachys belangeriana

-

-

Haloxylon stocksii

500

[95]

Helianthus tuberosus

50–125

[139]

Jatropha curcas

60

[140]

Juncus maritimus

150

[141]

Karelinia caspia

-

-

Kosteletzkya pentacarpos

-

-

Kosteletzkya virginica

420

[84]

Leptochloa fusca

-

-

Miscanthus giganteus

80

[142]

Panicum turgidum

0,100, 200

[95]

Phragmites karka

500

[95]

Pongamia pinnata

150

[143]

Salicornia bigelovii

200

[47]

Salicornia europaea

500

[144]

Salicornia fruticosa

100

[92]

Sarcocornia ambigua

500

[91]

Spartina alterniflora

100

[145]

Sporobolus virginicus

-

-

Suaeda aralocaspica

500

[84]

Suaeda fruticosa

800

[146]

Suaeda paradoxa

-

-

Tamarix aphylla

150

[147]

Typha domingensis

100

[148]

Urochondra setulosa

200

[149]

Conventional species

Beta vulgaris

25

[150]

Brassica napus

24

[151, 152]

40

Glycine max

25

[153]

Jatropha curcas

30

[140]

Panicum virgatum

0-50

[154]

Saccharum officinarum

20

[155]

Zea mays

20

[156]

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