Planting salt and seawater tolerant plant is a key technology of seawater irrigation agriculture. Screening of salt and seawater tolerant plants has been done by scientist domestic and abroad.

耐盐（海水）植物培育是海水灌溉农业的关键技术，现已筛选出了碱蓬、北美海蓬子、三角叶滨藜、狐米草等耐盐（海水）植物；

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With few sources of fresh water in the region, the country has relied on desalinating seawater for domestic use -- a technology that has been essential to the country's growth, according to advocates.

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