Use of Halophyte Plants as a Cropping Strategy for Salt-Affected Soils: Agro-Environmental Approaches
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land, Soil and Water".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 57
Special Issue Editors
Interests: salinity management in agro-environments; cropping and reclamation of salt-affected soils
Interests: salinity management in agro-environments; cropping and reclamation of salt-affected soils.
Interests: salinity management in agro-environments; cropping and reclamation of salt-affected soils
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Interests: sustainable irrigation; agrohydrology; groundwater sustainability; overdraft and water quality issues in intensively irrigated basins; salinity management; recycled water reuse for irrigation; data science (machine learning) applications in agricultural water management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Areas affected by salts have been increasing in arid and semiarid regions around the globe. Salinization is one of the leading causes of soil degradation, threatening food security and the sustainability of agricultural systems worldwide. It is necessary to develop cultivation strategies that enhance food production or aid in the recovery of these areas to meet the increasing demand for food by the global population. The use of halophytes in soils affected by salts is an alternative that can contribute to food and forage production in these regions. On the other hand, these species can survive in areas severely affected by salt and can be used in their recovery, making them productive again. Their use can be isolated, but their cultivation in association with soil conditioners or saline stress mitigators can enhance their growth and the recovery of degraded soils or even favor biosaline agriculture.
The goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) to provide insights into the phytoremediation of salt-affected soils; the modeling of soil reclamation by halophyte plants; the use of soil conditioners associated with halophytes; the mechanisms of salt tolerance in halophyte plants; the use of halophytes plants for food and forage production; and soil and water management for halophyte cropping under saline conditions.
This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts on the following themes:
- Biosaline agriculture;
- The utilization of halophytes for the restoration of salt-affected soils;
- Mechanisms and strategies for halophyte adaptation to saline environments.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Luiz Guilherme Medeiros Pessoa
Dr. Maria Betânia Galvão dos Santos Freire
Prof. Dr. Claudivan Feitosa de Lacerda
Prof. Dr. Isaya Kisekka
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biosaline agriculture
- salt stress
- halophytes
- fitoremediation of salt-affected soils
- agro-environmental sustainability
- soil × water × crop management
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