Monitoring, Reclamation and Management of Salt-Affected Lands
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Water".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 67438
Special Issue Editors
Interests: coupled processes of soil water, salts and nutrients and their optimal management; agricultural water and nutrient management in salt-prone areas
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Interests: salt-affected soils; water salt regime regulation; soil fertility improvement; salinization prevention and control; saline-alkaline land
Interests: soil hydrological process; soil and water conservation; saline-alkali land degradation and reclamation; water flow and salt transport; nitrogen cycling in saline agroecosystem
Interests: saline-alkali soils; coastal wetlands; ecological remediation; soil carbon sequestration; marginal-quality water utilization; salt-tolerant plant and crops
Interests: agricultural drainage; soil salinity control; groundwater and soil hydrology
Interests: soil acidification and salinization; agricultural non-point source pollution; agricultural productivity; ecological service function
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Interests: utilization of brackish water; freshwater saving strategy in saline-alkali lands; saline-alkali lands improvement and utilization; halophytes; salt tolerance mechanisms of plants
Interests: saline-alkali; straw/sand barrier; water and salt transport; deep organic carbon in salinized soil; productivity improvement; microbial regulation
Interests: salinity management; soil reclamation; water management; water productivity; marginal environments
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Interests: salinity management; poor quality waters; salt stress; genetic variation for salt tolerance; horticulture; horticultural biodiversity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Salt-affected soils are present in nearly every irrigated area of the world and also occur on non-irrigated croplands and rangelands. Thus, virtually no land is immune to salinization. Therefore, to sustain life on earth, it is vital and urgent to control these problems and find innovative and comprehensive ways to use these extensive salt-affected soils and marginal water resources, at least for agricultural purposes. Reclamation, or at least minimization of the effect of salinity and/or sodicity, is important and necessary. In this respect, the proper use of water for both plant growth and soil salinity and sodicity control is probably of the greatest importance. The majority of existing literature commonly concentrates on water and salt regimes and processes at field scale, but few on soil carbon and nutrient cycling, which has aroused considerable debate over how to translate water and salt regime regulation into sustainable utilization and development in saline-alkaline land. The Special Issue will link between water and salt regimes, carbon and nutrient cycling, and fertility improvement, and focus on soil, water, and salt and associated agricultural and ecological issues in coastal saline-alkaline land. The purposes of the Special Issue are to (i) elucidate the mechanisms of water and salt regimes intervening with carbon and nutrient cycling in coastal saline-alkaline soils; (ii) evaluate water and salt effects on agricultural productivity and ecological service function (i.e., water pollution) in coastal saline-alkaline land; and (iii) bridge knowledge gaps and research needed to translate water and salt regulation into agricultural productivity and ecological service function in coastal saline-alkaline natural and agricultural ecosystems. Specifically, the topics for this Special Issue include but are not restricted to:
- High-tech in soil salinity mapping, monitoring, and assessment;
- Hydrological, ecological, and environmental consequences from excessive agricultural reclamation, urbanization, and other negative human disturbances in coastal zones;
- Soil and water conservation and soil resource management for regional development and catchment governance in coastal zones;
- Salt-tolerance plant and saline agriculture;
- Novel materials and microbiological interventions for salt-affected soils and marginal waters;
- Carbon, nitrogen cycling and fertility improvement in saline agroecosystem;
- Integrated irrigation and drainage in irrigated district;
- Model- and experiment-based studies exploring land degradation processes and mechanisms in coastal zones;
- Salt-affected soils sustainable reclamation and arable land and food safety;
- Sustainable land restoration framework and practical technologies in the context of global climate change.
Dr. Xiaobing Chen
Prof. Dr. Jingsong Yang
Prof. Dr. Dongli She
Prof. Dr. Weifeng Chen
Prof. Dr. Jingwei Wu
Prof. Dr. Yi Wang
Prof. Dr. Min Chen
Prof. Dr. Yuyi Li
Dr. Asad Sarwar Qureshi
Dr. Anshuman Singh
Prof. Dr. Edivan Rodrigues De Souza
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- salt-affected soils
- soil salinity mapping and monitoring
- salt tolerance mechanisms of plants, halophytes
- marginal quality water utilization
- multi-scales hydro-salinity balance
- soil fertility improvement and carbon cycling
- soil water and salt transport simulation
- irrigation and drainage
- biosaline agriculture and food safety
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