saline land is a resource capable of significant production. recent advances in research in breeding for salt tolerance in wheat, biotechnology in rice, and selection and rehabilitation of salt-tolerant plants are of economic importance in arid/saline conditions. this book gives some practical approaches for saline agriculture and afforestation, and describes examples of cultivating salt-tolerant/halophytic plants for commercial interest on salt-affected land or with highly salinized water in australia, china, central asia, egypt, pakistan, and russia. it also explores the possibilities of arid/saline agriculture and afforestation in uae.