Marsh ecosystems are home to most halophyte plant species that are components of the global coastal natural heritage. Those have been well studied for more than 20 years, as potential source for safe food for people (^{Kong and Zheng, 2014}; ^{Aarland et al., 2020}). This has led to pilot tests of alternative agriculture in marginal environments, which do not require fresh water for its development (^{Beltran-Burboa et al., 2017}; ^{Feng et al., 2013}; ^{Harrouni et al., 2003a b}; ^{Davy et al., 2001}). Worldwide freshwater shortages, and the possibility of producing food grown with seawater, make halophytes an important future possibility for the use of coasts and salinized inland lands (^{Rebolloza et al., 2020}; ^{Feng et al., 2013}; ^{Glen et al., 1998}). In this way, new agricultural production systems began to emerge. The use of seawater for agriculture is an innovation in the quality food production process, based on research knowledge on the physiological mechanisms of high salinity adaptation and productive genotypes of marginal halogen and glycophyte plants at moderate salinities, with food production capacity, which has generated saline agriculture beginning slowly around the world (^{Bianciotto et al., 2014}; ^{Salazar et al., 2014}; ^{Boscaiu and Vicente, 2013}; ^{Lieth and Moschenco 2003}; ^{Koyro and Werner, 2003}). In Tierra del Fuego Province (Argentina), the most interesting halophyte Sarcocornia magellanica (Phil.), reclassified by M.A. Alonso and M.B. Crespo as Salicornia (Amerocornia) magellanica Piirainen and Kadereit subg. (^{Bianciotto et al., 2004}; ²⁰⁰⁶), covers around 60,000 ha of land, used only as waste dumps or oil exploitation areas, or at best, for sheep and cattle grazing (^{Bianciotto et al., 2004}; ²⁰⁰⁶).

• ^{Kong and Zheng, 2014}
  Potential of Producing Salicornia bigelovii Hydroponically as a Vegetable at Moderate NaCl Salinity

  Hortsciencie, 2014
  Potential of Producing Salicornia bigelovii Hydroponically as a Vegetable at Moderate NaCl Salinity
• ^{Aarland et al., 2020}
  Efecto del estrés salino sobre la morfología y fitoquímica de orégano mexicano (Lippia graveolens Kunth) cultivado in vitro

  Biotecnia, 2020
  Efecto del estrés salino sobre la morfología y fitoquímica de orégano mexicano (Lippia graveolens Kunth) cultivado in vitro
• ^{Beltran-Burboa et al., 2017}
  Salicornia bigelovii (Torr): Un sistema modelo para incorporarse como cultivo agrícola en zonas árido-desérticos

  Biotecnia - Revista de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud, 2017
  Salicornia bigelovii (Torr): Un sistema modelo para incorporarse como cultivo agrícola en zonas árido-desérticos
• ^{Feng et al., 2013}
  Economic value and exploiting approaches of sea asparagus, a seawater-irrigated vegetable

  Agricultural Sciences, 2013
  Economic value and exploiting approaches of sea asparagus, a seawater-irrigated vegetable
• ^{Harrouni et al., 2003a}
  Effect of seawater irrigation on biomass Production and ion composition of seven halophytic species in Morocco

  Cash Crop Halophytes: Recent Studies. Task for Vegetation Science, 2003
  Effect of seawater irrigation on biomass Production and ion composition of seven halophytic species in Morocco
• ^b
  Cash Crop Halophytes: Recent Studies, 2003
  Harrouni, M.C. , Daoud S. and Koyro H-W. Lieth H. and Mochtchenko M. (Ed.) 2003b. Salinity tolerance of Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima. Part I. Biomass production and osmotic adjustment. En: Cash Crop Halophytes: Recent Studies, 41-49.
• ^{Davy et al., 2001}
  Salicornia L. (Salicornia pusilla J. Woods, S. europea L., S. obscura P.W. Ball and Tutin, S. nitens P.W. Ball and Tutin, S. fragilis P.W. Ball and Tutin, and S. dolichostachya Moos.)

  Journal Ecology, 2001
  Salicornia L. (Salicornia pusilla J. Woods, S. europea L., S. obscura P.W. Ball and Tutin, S. nitens P.W. Ball and Tutin, S. fragilis P.W. Ball and Tutin, and S. dolichostachya Moos.)
• ^{Rebolloza et al., 2020}
  Fenotipeo y selección de líneas S1 segregantes de maíz tolerantes a estrés hídrico

  Biotecnia, 2020
  Fenotipeo y selección de líneas S1 segregantes de maíz tolerantes a estrés hídrico
• ^{Feng et al., 2013}
  Economic value and exploiting approaches of sea asparagus, a seawater-irrigated vegetable

  Agricultural Sciences, 2013
  Economic value and exploiting approaches of sea asparagus, a seawater-irrigated vegetable
• ^{Glen et al., 1998}
  Irrigating Crops with Seawater

  Scientific American Inc., 1998
  Irrigating Crops with Seawater
• ^{Bianciotto et al., 2014}
  Sección Agricultura con Agua de Mar: El Cultivo de Halófitas Nativas Salicornia ambigua Michx. (Sarcocornia magellanica Alfonso and Castro) y algunas hortalizas

  Innovaciones Frutihortícolas en Regiones Australes: Invernaderos y Cultivos con Agua de Mar, 2014
  Sección Agricultura con Agua de Mar: El Cultivo de Halófitas Nativas Salicornia ambigua Michx. (Sarcocornia magellanica Alfonso and Castro) y algunas hortalizas
• ^{Salazar et al., 2014}
  Growing Salicornia for human consumption, in Natural Reserve RNSCMVRSA. 2014. Algarve, Portugal. Putting halophytes to work from genes to Ecosystems cost action FAO 901. Final meeting Coimbra I Portugal. 9th and 10 h. Abril (Book of Abstracts), 2014
  Growing Salicornia for human consumption, in Natural Reserve RNSCMVRSA. 2014. Algarve, Portugal. Putting halophytes to work from genes to Ecosystems cost action FAO 901. Final meeting Coimbra I Portugal. 9th and 10 h. Abril (Book of Abstracts)
• ^{Boscaiu and Vicente, 2013}
  Halophytic crops for a salinising world

  Bulletin UASVM Horticulture, 2013
  Halophytic crops for a salinising world
• ^{Lieth and Moschenco 2003}
  Cash Crop Halophytes: Recent Studies ten years after the Al Ain Meeting, 2003
  Cash Crop Halophytes: Recent Studies ten years after the Al Ain Meeting
• ^{Koyro and Werner, 2003}
  Study of potential cash crop halophytes by a quick check system

  Cash Crop Halophytes: Recent Studies (121-124) Task for Vegetation Science, 2003
  Study of potential cash crop halophytes by a quick check system
• ^{Bianciotto et al., 2004}
  Efectos ambientales sobre el potencial forrajero y evaluación de la aptitud para la alimentación ganadera y humana, de una comunidad de Salicornia y Puccinellia en marismas de Tierra del Fuego. Informe final Consejo Federal de Inversiones (CFI), 2004
  Efectos ambientales sobre el potencial forrajero y evaluación de la aptitud para la alimentación ganadera y humana, de una comunidad de Salicornia y Puccinellia en marismas de Tierra del Fuego. Informe final Consejo Federal de Inversiones (CFI)
• ²⁰⁰⁶
  Los ambientes Naturales de la Estepa Fueguina, 2006
  Los ambientes Naturales de la Estepa Fueguina
• ^{Bianciotto et al., 2004}
  Efectos ambientales sobre el potencial forrajero y evaluación de la aptitud para la alimentación ganadera y humana, de una comunidad de Salicornia y Puccinellia en marismas de Tierra del Fuego. Informe final Consejo Federal de Inversiones (CFI), 2004
  Efectos ambientales sobre el potencial forrajero y evaluación de la aptitud para la alimentación ganadera y humana, de una comunidad de Salicornia y Puccinellia en marismas de Tierra del Fuego. Informe final Consejo Federal de Inversiones (CFI)
• ²⁰⁰⁶
  Los ambientes Naturales de la Estepa Fueguina, 2006
  Los ambientes Naturales de la Estepa Fueguina

Salicornia has begun to locally contribute as food for the population in the Patagonian region. Restaurants have integrate the product into the gastronomic charts, considering the contents of this species in essential fatty acids and salts of Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, trace elements, among others. It has been called the first Fuegian and Patagonian vegetable endemic to the region (^{Bianciotto et al., 2016}; ²⁰¹⁴; ^{Arce et al., 2016}).

• ^{Bianciotto et al., 2016}
  Sarcocornia magellanica (Phil.) M. A. Alonso and M. B. Crespo: an halophyte native of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) irrigated with sea water for human consumption and sheep meat production

  Sabka Ecosystem Vol. V: The Americas, 2016
  Sarcocornia magellanica (Phil.) M. A. Alonso and M. B. Crespo: an halophyte native of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) irrigated with sea water for human consumption and sheep meat production
• ²⁰¹⁴
  Sección Agricultura con Agua de Mar: El Cultivo de Halófitas Nativas Salicornia ambigua Michx. (Sarcocornia magellanica Alfonso and Castro) y algunas hortalizas

  Innovaciones Frutihortícolas en Regiones Australes: Invernaderos y Cultivos con Agua de Mar, 2014
  Sección Agricultura con Agua de Mar: El Cultivo de Halófitas Nativas Salicornia ambigua Michx. (Sarcocornia magellanica Alfonso and Castro) y algunas hortalizas
• ^{Arce et al., 2016}
  Agriculture and sheep production on Patagonian Sabkas with Sarcocornia neei, irrigated with sea water (Chubut - Argentina)

  Sabkha Ecosystems, 2016
  Agriculture and sheep production on Patagonian Sabkas with Sarcocornia neei, irrigated with sea water (Chubut - Argentina)

The hypothesis proposed in this study is that under an irrigation system with an effective salinity, using seawater for Salicornia development, its establishment would be more successful in saline and / or coastal desert areas. Thus, it is important to determine the optimal conditions (drip irrigation system and pots), which would allow expanding the crop from small or medium scale, to urban areas. For this reason, the present work was aimed to evaluate the use of drip irrigation with seawater supply for the production of the halophytic specie Salicornia magellanica, considering two irrigation flows in plant stages (two months = 60 days after sowed =das=) and seven months (210 das), initial pre-planting growth in pots. Additionally, at the same time, another hydroponic growing experiment was carried out with four different seawater concentrations (0, 11, 20 and 33 g.L of salts) to determine the optimal concentration.

An experimental design with sixty (60) plants was implemented, grown from propagation lignified stems cuttings (10 cm in length and 1 cm in diameter) from mother plants at flowering stage, from a Bay called “enclosed bay” at coordinates 54° 49´21.95´´ S, 68° 19´04.22´´ O. They were cultivated in small 0.5-L pots; when the lignified cuttings had two months (60 days after transplanted =dat) and seven months (210 dat) they were transplanted a second time into 3-L pots. At each plants-age treatment (60 and 210 dat), seawater irrigation with two flows of 0.7 L.h (30 plants) and 1.43 L.h (30 plants) were evaluated from two peak flow openings; each group of plants in each flow were placed under two different conditions: seven months of growth (15 plants) in spring and seven months (15 plants) in winter.

An automatic irrigation and dripper system was chosen to facilitate the regulation mechanism. It was integrated with a system of tank and sea water transport tanks (Figure 1), manifolds with closed normal solenoid valve (220 V) and regulated by a timer. Hoses with dropper of variable flow, equipped with a drill tip, allows it to be inserted into the irrigation hose and an adjustable flow peak of 35 L.h and emission radius of 30 ± 5 cm.

Thirty plants (30) were then considered for each type of flow opening, with two planting ages: fifteen (15) that spent one winter prior to the test (7 months of growth, named mature plants -MP) and fifteen (15) planted at spring (2 months of growth, named young plants -YP) for the purpose of recording and determining growth and productive variables differences. Measurements of the following biological parameters were taken in plants during three consecutive growth periods: number of green shoots, average length of green shoots (mm), length of the witness shoot (mm), biomass production by green weight (g.m2) and dry weight (g.m2). Rainwater was recorded and the amount of seawater used for each established flow rate, according the province of Tierra del Fuego conditions, was calculated.

The hydroponics culture test was carried out on square containers coated with transparent plastic LTD. Four different seawater dilutions were evaluated: 100, 50, 25 and 0 % of seawater (33, 18, 11 g.L of salts), respectively, and tap water plus urea fertilizer (2 g.L). Four repetitions were carried out of each solution. A water aeration system (fish tank aerator) with small pumps were used to recycle the culture medium. Over each seawater solution, sheets of perforated polystyrene (EPS), used to support the plants (Figure 2), were placed; one hundred fifty 10-cm long Salicornia cuts were grown, to achieve the same number of plant repetitions (n = 150). The plants development in each water salinity was measured, considering plant survival, length and number of shoots. The test was carried out under greenhouse conditions at 20 °C with moderated wind fluxes.

Data were analyzed under a completely randomized experimental design of repeated measures, with 2 flows, 2 ages and 15 repetitions (n = 15) for each plant age. Given the nature of the data, we chose to use three-way ANOVA under mixed linear models using the “name” package of the “R” program version 3.2.5. In addition, Principal Component Analysis was used to test the correlation between the length of shoots, number of shoots and dry weight per plant variables, given the high degree of correlation between fresh and dry weight expressed in plant or area.

Based on the indicated irrigation system, Table 1 and Figure 3 show a variation between a 6.0 to 6.4 L pot for the lowest flow rate, and a 10.7 to 11.9 L pot for the highest flow rate. The above considering maintaining soil moisture for each plant at field capacity (moist soil).

Sprout length was the only parameter where a triple interaction was found (Flow x Maturity x Growing Season) (Table 2). This is because differences depend on the development of the plants (maturity) and the growing season considered (Table 2; Figure 4). In the second period, younger plants (YP) had significant differences and longer sprout lengths with the lowest flow, while the plants with greater development (MP) had significantly longer shoots in the third period. The number of shoots was significantly higher in PM plants in the three seasons. The maturity and growth period interaction (Maturity x Season) showed a substantial change in the magnitude of the differences, but not it their sign. This increase in the number of shoots in mature plants, represented a significant increase in green and dry biomass, per plant and in standardized values (m2), in the third growing season (Table 2, 3, Figure 4).

In young plants, the flow was related to productivity (Flow x Maturity interaction). The fresh weight, both by plant and area, was significantly higher with the lowest flow (Table 2-3). Whereas the dry matter percent weight did not change significantly under any of the variables studied (Table 2, 3). There is no clear pattern between irrigation flows, but it is possible to see that the variation between periods is consistent. Plants increased productivity (green and dry weight) with the advance of the seasons (Figure 5). Analysis of major components shows that, in mature and new plants, variables length and number of shoots are poorly correlated. The dry weight is more correlated with the length of shoots in mature plants. Whereas for it shows greater correlation with the number of shoots in new plants. These results are supported by the correlation between variables (Table 3, 4; Figure 6, 7).

Analysis shows that in mature and young plants, variables length and number of shoots are poorly correlated. The dry weight is more correlated with the length of shoots in mature plants, instead, it is more correlated with the number of shoots in young plants. These results are supported by the correlation between variables (Table 5).

There is no clear pattern between risks, but it is possible to see that the variation between seasons is consistent. The plants increased the dry weight as the growth stages passed, which we can mention, according to the physiological aspects that are influenced by salinity in the production of dry matter and green matter.

The hydroponics test showed a greater survival of young plants (82 - 84%) between 11 to 20 g.L of seawater salinity (Figure 8, 9). The sprouts length had significant differences between freshwater (2 g.L) and the concentration of 25% seawater (11 g.L) and the sprouts number was significantly greater with dilution of 50% seawater (18 g.L). This test substantially improved the one carried out the previous year in greenhouse conditions, where the average survival of plants of the different salinities was approximately 40% (Figure 8, 9, 10).

This first experimental cultivation of Salicornia irrigated with seawater showed a significant increase in the number of outbreaks in plants with greater initial development (PM) and greater biomass production. Independent of the irrigation flow used and with water salinities between 11 and 20 g.L. ^{Hasna et al. (2014)} found that Sarcocornia ambigua (Michx) Alonso and Crespo (current Salicornia ambigua) plants defined as large (13 cm), brought to field cultivation, performed 3 to 4 times higher in growth parameters compared to 4 cm tach seedlings, initial end. Although a clear pattern between flows is not observed, young plants (YP) had greater green weight with the lowest flow, in mature plants they had significantly greater green and dry production during the third period of growth, regardless of the volume of seawater received. ^{Ventura et al. (2011)} , found a similar results when working with seawater in marsh conditions.

• ^{Hasna et al. (2014)}
  A comparative study of the early osmotic, ionic, redoxand hormonal signaling response in leaves and rootsof two halophytes and a glycophyte to salinity

  Planta, 2014
  A comparative study of the early osmotic, ionic, redoxand hormonal signaling response in leaves and rootsof two halophytes and a glycophyte to salinity
• ^{Ventura et al. (2011)}
  Effects of seawater concentration on the productivity and nutritional value of annual Salicornia and perennial Sarcocornia halophytes as leafy vegetable crops

  Scientia Horticulturae, 2011
  Effects of seawater concentration on the productivity and nutritional value of annual Salicornia and perennial Sarcocornia halophytes as leafy vegetable crops

There is little background of Salicornia cultivation based on localized irrigation with seawater. The works done on halophytes refers to trials in fields on marine coasts or inland environments salinized, irrigated by furrows or saline waters flooding (^{López et al., 2020}; ^{Rueda et al., 2012}; ^{Costa et al., 2006}; ^{Glenn et al., 1984}). The green weight production of 100 to 435 g.m² in this trial is comparable to coastal Beagle Channel crops and furrow irrigation, which produced between 300 and 500 g.m2 in unprotected tunnel plants in the second culture year (^{Bianciotto et al., 2017a b}). There was an increase in production between the first and third harvest of 50 to 80% in both types of plants. In the case of mature plants (PM), irrigated with the highest flow and in young plants (YP), irrigated with the lowest flow. In general, mature plants have higher productivity in the third season, regardless of the flow of seawater received. The above considering maintaining soil moisture for each plant at field capacity (moist soil) which is a relevant aspect to for a good physiological performance of a plant (^{Fernández et al., 2010}).

• ^{López et al., 2020}
  Evaluación del ciclo del nitrógeno en un suelo agrícola perturbado con compuestos Sal-fen de níquel y zinc

  Biotecnia, 2020
  Evaluación del ciclo del nitrógeno en un suelo agrícola perturbado con compuestos Sal-fen de níquel y zinc
• ^{Rueda et al., 2012}
  Las Halófitas en la Agricultura de Zonas Áridas, 2012
  Las Halófitas en la Agricultura de Zonas Áridas
• ^{Costa et al., 2006}
  Producao de biomasa da halófita Salicornia gaudichaudiana irrigada com efluente de viveiro do camarão Lipopenaeus vannamaeino litoral do Ceara

  Resumos expandidos do I Simposio sobre Biomas Costeiros e Marinhos, 2006
  Producao de biomasa da halófita Salicornia gaudichaudiana irrigada com efluente de viveiro do camarão Lipopenaeus vannamaeino litoral do Ceara
• ^{Glenn et al., 1984}
  Relationship between salt accumulation and water content of dicotyledonous halophytes

  Plant. Cell Environ, 1984
  Relationship between salt accumulation and water content of dicotyledonous halophytes
• ^{Bianciotto et al., 2017a}
  Sarcocornia magellanica y S. neei. Primeras hortalizas patagónicas para consumo humano y producción de carne ovina diferenciada. Presentado en la Semana de las Ciencias, 2017
  Sarcocornia magellanica y S. neei. Primeras hortalizas patagónicas para consumo humano y producción de carne ovina diferenciada. Presentado en la Semana de las Ciencias
• ^b
  Sarcocornia magellanica y S. neei. Primeras hortalizas patagónicas para consumo humano y producción de carne ovina diferenciada. Informe final del proyecto CIUNPAT: Sarcocornia spp. para alimentación humana y producción de carne ovina en Patagonia, 2017
  Sarcocornia magellanica y S. neei. Primeras hortalizas patagónicas para consumo humano y producción de carne ovina diferenciada. Informe final del proyecto CIUNPAT: Sarcocornia spp. para alimentación humana y producción de carne ovina en Patagonia
• ^{Fernández et al., 2010}
  Manual de riego para agricultores. Módulo 4. Riego Localizado, 2010
  Manual de riego para agricultores. Módulo 4. Riego Localizado

The irrigation system used with timer and variable flow drippers (Variflow), with flow rates of 0.7 to 1.5 L.h, showed no obstructions to the water flow by the effect of salt accumulation. Other models using perforated hoses with fixed flow calibrated drippers generate frequent obstructions due to accumulation of salts in low-pressure irrigation and flows below 16 L.h, (^{Jayakumar et al., 2014}). The system also allows flexibility in the number of pots to be watered, allowing to add or remove spikes depending on the number of plants.

• ^{Jayakumar et al., 2014}
  ROS homeostasis in halophytes in the context of salinity stress tolerance

  Journal of Experimental Botany, 2014
  ROS homeostasis in halophytes in the context of salinity stress tolerance

To facilitate the design of these small-scale agricultural systems using seawater, a linear mathematical model represented in an abacus for the cultivation of Salicornia is proposed. The water regime of each locality of Tierra del Fuego, the size of the pots, the number of plants and the irrigation with the necessary saline water are related, this results are in agree with ^{Piirainen et al. (2017)} , ^{Boscaiu and Vicente (2013)} and ^{Izzeppi (2011)} .

• ^{Piirainen et al. (2017)}
  Phylogeny, Biogeography, systematics and taxonomy of Salicornioideae (Amaranthaceae / Chenopodiaceae) - A cosmopolitan, highlyspecialized hygrohalophyte lineage dating back to the Oligocene

  Taxon, 2017
  Phylogeny, Biogeography, systematics and taxonomy of Salicornioideae (Amaranthaceae / Chenopodiaceae) - A cosmopolitan, highlyspecialized hygrohalophyte lineage dating back to the Oligocene
• ^{Boscaiu and Vicente (2013)}
  Halophytic crops for a salinising world

  Bulletin UASVM Horticulture, 2013
  Halophytic crops for a salinising world
• ^{Izzeppi (2011)}
  Efeitos da densidade de plantio na sobrevivência, desenvolvimento e produção de biomassa da halófita Sarcocornia ambígua (MICHX.) Alonso and Crespo, 2011
  Efeitos da densidade de plantio na sobrevivência, desenvolvimento e produção de biomassa da halófita Sarcocornia ambígua (MICHX.) Alonso and Crespo

In hydroponic cultivation, the optimal dilution of seawater for the best development of Salicornia varied between 11-20 g.L, equivalent to a dilution of 25 - 50% of seawater, which produced the highest plant survival, length and number of shoots. Other works related to the genus Salicornia - Sarcocornia are defined as an appropriate salinity range of 18 to 35% g.L (^{Ayala and O´leary, 2003}; ^{Davy et al., 2001}; ^{Harrouni et al., 2003a b}; ^{Costa et al., 2006}). In this test, the dilution by rain does not exceed 20% of the total water received by the plants, so the irrigation water had a salinity level of 18-20 g.L regardless of the flow applied.

• ^{Ayala and O´leary, 2003}
  Growth and physiology of Salicornia bigelovii (Torr). at sub-optimal salinity. Int: J Plant Sci (1995); 156:197-205

  Cash Crop Halophytes: Recent Studies, 2003
  Growth and physiology of Salicornia bigelovii (Torr). at sub-optimal salinity. Int: J Plant Sci (1995); 156:197-205
• ^{Davy et al., 2001}
  Salicornia L. (Salicornia pusilla J. Woods, S. europea L., S. obscura P.W. Ball and Tutin, S. nitens P.W. Ball and Tutin, S. fragilis P.W. Ball and Tutin, and S. dolichostachya Moos.)

  Journal Ecology, 2001
  Salicornia L. (Salicornia pusilla J. Woods, S. europea L., S. obscura P.W. Ball and Tutin, S. nitens P.W. Ball and Tutin, S. fragilis P.W. Ball and Tutin, and S. dolichostachya Moos.)
• ^{Harrouni et al., 2003a}
  Effect of seawater irrigation on biomass Production and ion composition of seven halophytic species in Morocco

  Cash Crop Halophytes: Recent Studies. Task for Vegetation Science, 2003
  Effect of seawater irrigation on biomass Production and ion composition of seven halophytic species in Morocco
• ^b
  Cash Crop Halophytes: Recent Studies, 2003
  Harrouni, M.C. , Daoud S. and Koyro H-W. Lieth H. and Mochtchenko M. (Ed.) 2003b. Salinity tolerance of Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima. Part I. Biomass production and osmotic adjustment. En: Cash Crop Halophytes: Recent Studies, 41-49.
• ^{Costa et al., 2006}
  Producao de biomasa da halófita Salicornia gaudichaudiana irrigada com efluente de viveiro do camarão Lipopenaeus vannamaeino litoral do Ceara

  Resumos expandidos do I Simposio sobre Biomas Costeiros e Marinhos, 2006
  Producao de biomasa da halófita Salicornia gaudichaudiana irrigada com efluente de viveiro do camarão Lipopenaeus vannamaeino litoral do Ceara

The achieved cultivation unit compatible with the production data, allows us to infer that from 36 pots of 3 L.m², it can be considered sufficient for home consumption. From the proposed abacus you can determine the volume of seawater needed in approximately 50-60 L per month, accessible transport in 6 L.containers. The system ordered by time of irrigation and variable opening of the dripper reduced their clogging, minimizing the maintenance of the system. The design offers enough flexibility for different productive units.

A better production in green weight is possible to achieve considering an initial development of the seedlings from five to seven months before the definitive transplant.