Developments in Soil Salinity Assessment and Reclamation

Innovative Thinking and Use of Marginal Soil and Water Resources in Irrigated Agriculture
Herausgegeben:Shahid, Shabbir A.; Abdelfattah, Mahmoud A.; Taha, Faisal K.

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Produktbeschreibung

The papers assembled here cover topics such as technological advances in soil salinity mapping and monitoring, management and reclamation of salt-affected soils, use of marginal quality water for crop production, salt-tolerance mechanisms in plants, biosaline agriculture and agroforestry, microbiological interventions for marginal soils, opportunities and challenges in using marginal waters, and soil and water management in irrigated agriculture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-94-024-0681-8
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
• Seitenzahl: 860
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1509g
• ISBN-13: 9789402406818
• ISBN-10: 9402406816
• Artikelnr.: 49126374

Inhaltsangabe

Part I High-tech in Soil Salinity Mapping and Monitoring.- 1. Developments in Soil Salinity Assessment, Modeling, Mapping and Monitoring from Regional to Submicroscopic Scales.- 2. Soil Salinity Modelling, Approaches and Key Issues.- 3. Quantification of the Salt Content of Soils Under Different Climatic Conditions on a National Scale in South Africa.- 4. Soil Salinizaion Assessment and Monitoring at Boe Klue District, Nan Province, Northern Thailand.- 5. Soil Salinity Mapping Using Multi-Temporal Satellite Images in Agricultural Field of Syrdary Province of Uzbekistan.- 6. The New Map of Soil Salinity and Regularities in Distribution of Salt-Affected Soils in Russia.- 7. Soil Salinity Mapping in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt Using Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing Techniques.- 8. Spatial Variability of Soil Salinization as Judged from the Comparison of Soil Maps and Remote Sensing Materials for Different Years in Uzbekistan.- 9. Soil Salinity in the Central Arid Region of Iran - Esfahan Province.- 10. Mapping the Risk of Soil Salinization Using Electromagnetic Induction and Non-Parametric Geostatistics .- 11. Spatiotemporal Variability and Mapping of Groundwater Salinity in Tadla: Geostatistical Approach.- 12. Spatial Analysis Using a Proportional Effect Semivariogram Model.- 13. Spatial Monitoring of Soil Salinity and Prospective Conservation Study for Sinnuris District Soils, Fayoum, Egypt.- 14. Geographical Distribution of Soil Salinity, Alkalinity and Calcicity within Fayoum and Tamia Districts, Fayoum Governorate, Egypt.- 15. Using Remotely-Sensed Soil Conductivity to Monitor Restoration Activities on Vernal Pools, Northern Great Basin, USA.- 16. Mapping and Monitoring of Salt-Affected Soils Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System for the Reclamation of Canal Commanded Area of Jammu, India.- Part II Management and Reclamation of Salt-Affected Soils .- 17. Management of Saline Lands inOman: Learning to Live with Salinity.- 18. Rice Production in Salt-Affected Soils of Pakistan Using Different Reclamation Techniques .- 19. Marginal-Quality Water Use as an Ameliorant for Tile-Drained Saline-Sodic Soils in a Rice-Wheat Production System.- 20. Reclamation of Degraded Vertisols Under Cassava in Arid Environments of India.- 21. Sustainable Management of Salt Affected Soils and Poor Quality Ground Waters for Enhancing Crop Production.- 22. Controlling Sodic Soil Erosion by Electrolytes and Polyacrylamide Application.- 23. Practical, Productive and Environment Friendly Utilization of Different Categories of Salt-Affected Soils in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Pakistan.- 24. The Reclamation Effects Should be Considered for Saline Soil Criteria in Soil Classification System.- Part III Use of Marginal Quality Water for Crop Production .- 25. Use of Marginal Quality Waters for Sustainable Crop Production.- 26. Distichlis Spicata - A Salt and Drought Tolerant Plant Species with Minimum Water Requirements for Sustainable Agriculture in Desert Regions and Biological Reclamation of Desert Saline Soils.- 27. Relative Salinity Tolerance of 35 Lolium spp. Cultivars for Urban Landscape and Forage Use.- 28. Enhances the Quality of Turfgrasses with Saline Groundwater.- 29. Plant Response to Saline Water Irrigation in a Sicilian Vineyard.- 30. Yield and Growth Responses of Autochthonous Pearl Millet Ecotype (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) Under Saline Water Irrigation in Tunisia.- 31. Use of Marginal Water for Salicornia bigelovii Torr. Planting in the United Arab Emirates.- 32. Performance of Chenopodium quinoa Under Salt Stress.- 33. Inducing Pea Plants for Conquering the Adverse Conditions of Saline Reclaimed Soils with Some Support Application.- 34. Prospects of Crop and Forage Production in Coastal Saline Soils of Bangladesh.- IV. Salt-Tolerance Mechanisms in Plants.- 35. Salt Response of Some Halophytes with Potential Interest in Reclamation of Saline Soils -Gas Exchange, Water Use Efficiency and Defense Mechanism.- 36. Salt Response of Halophytes with Potential Interest in Food Crops and Reclamation of Saline Soils, Growth, Water Relations, Mineral Content and Anatomical Adaptations.- 37. Biology and Physiology of Avicennia Marina in the Coastal Conditions of Southern Morocco.- V. Biosaline Agriculture and Agroforestry for Marginal Lands.- 38. Integrating Agroforestry and Pastures for Soil Salinity Management in Dryland Ecosystems in Aral Sea Basin.- 39. Atriplex Production under Saline Soil and Saline Irrigation Practices.- 40. Exploring Saline Lands Improvement through Testing Leptochloa Fusca and Sporobolus Virginicus in Egypt.- 41. Improvement of Soil Quality through Agro-Forestry System for Central Plain Zone of Uttar Pradesh India.- VI. Microbiological Interventions for Marginal Soils and Water Resources.- 42. Bacterial Exo-Polysaccharides: A Biological Tool for the Reclamation of Salt-Affected Soils.- VII. Opportunities and Challenges in Using Marginal Waters.- 43. Agriculture Use of Marginal Water in Egypt: Opportunities and Challenges.- 44. Marginal Water in Agriculture and Food Crisis in Sub Sahara Africa.- VIII. Water Quality, Soil and Water Management in Irrigated Agriculture.- 45. Water Quality of Medjerda Wadi used for Irrigation Purpose (Eastern Algeria) .- 46. Exploring Soil Salinity Management in Entisols using Trickle Irrigation System.- 47. Suitability of Surface Water from Mouillah Wadi Of Algeria for Irrigation Purposes.- 48. Water Use Efficiency for Leaching Saline Sodic Clayey Soils, Case Study- Tina Plain Area of Egypt.- 49.The Performamce of Sunflower, Turnip and Forage Corn in Uptaking Some Essential Elements and Cadmium under Wastewater Irrigation.- 50. Sustainable Agriculture through Integrated Soil Fertility Management on Degraded Lands.- 51. Use of Conservation Tillage System in Semiarid Region to Ensure Wheat Food Security in Pakistan.- 52. Effect ofSalinity and Bentonite on the Characteristics of Mineral Soil and Behavior of Leguminous Plants (Vicia Faba L.).- Author Index.- Subject Index.