Developments In Soil Salinity Assessment And Reclamation

Author : Shabbir A. Shahid,Mahmoud A. Abdelfattah,Faisal K. Taha
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789400756847

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Developments in Soil Salinity Assessment and Reclamation by Shabbir A. Shahid,Mahmoud A. Abdelfattah,Faisal K. Taha Pdf

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.

Author : Mohammad Zaman,Shabbir A. Shahid,Lee Heng
Publisher : Springer
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319961903

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Guideline for Salinity Assessment, Mitigation and Adaptation Using Nuclear and Related Techniques by Mohammad Zaman,Shabbir A. Shahid,Lee Heng Pdf

This open access book is an outcome of the collaboration between the Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, and Dr. Shabbir A Shahid, Senior Salinity Management Expert, Freelancer based in United Arab Emirates.The objective of this book is to develop protocols for salinity and sodicity assessment and develop mitigation and adaptation measures to use saline and sodic soils sustainably. The focus is on important issues related to salinity and sodicity and to describe these in an easy and user friendly way. The information has been compiled from the latest published literature and from the authors’ publications specific to the subject matter. The book consists of six chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the terms salinity and sodicity and describes various salinity classification systems commonly used around the world. Chapter 2 reviews global distribution of salinization and socioeconomic aspects related to salinity and crop production. Chapters 3 covers comprehensively salinity and sodicity adaptation and mitigation options including physical, chemical, hydrological and biological methods. Chapter 4 discusses the efforts that have been made to demonstrate the development of soil salinity zones under different irrigation systems. Chapter 5 discusses the quality of irrigation water, boron toxicity and relative tolerance to boron, the effects of chlorides on crops. Chapter 6 introduces the role of nuclear techniques in saline agriculture.

Author : Robert N. Carrow,Ronny R. Duncan
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781439814741

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Best Management Practices for Saline and Sodic Turfgrass Soils by Robert N. Carrow,Ronny R. Duncan Pdf

The complex issues involved in the management of saline and sodic turfgrass soils are enough to perplex even the most experienced site manager — there is no "silver bullet" amendment, treatment, or grass for salinity management. Best Management Practices for Saline and Sodic Turfgrass Soils: Assessment and Reclamation presents comprehensive scientific principles and detailed, practical management and assessment recommendations for turfgrass and landscape sites. The authors use the Best Management Practices (BMPs) concept, considered the gold-standard management approach for any individual environmental issue, since it is a whole ecosystem (holistic), science-based salinity management approach that allows all possible management options to be considered and implemented on a site-specific basis. They identify BMP strategies, including irrigation system design; irrigation scheduling and salinity leaching; chemical, physical, and biological amendments; cultivation; topdressing; soil modification; sand-capping; surface and subsurface drainage options; nutritional practices; additional cultural practices; and ongoing monitoring. The book presents emerging challenges, technology, and concepts that address integration of salinity management into comprehensive site environmental or sustainable management systems, use of halophytic turfgrasses for non-traditional purposes, integration of geospatial and geostatistical concepts and technology, and integration of new sensor technology into daily management paradigms. Outlining a holistic BMP approach, the book incorporates scientific principles and practical management recommendations and details specific salinity challenges and the logic behind each BMP strategy for salinity management, with an emphasis on actual field problems. The book is formatted for flexible use, with stand-alone chapters that include outlines for quick review of a topic for those requiring only a basic understanding as well as in-depth discussions of the science and practical aspects for those seeking a more rigorous treatment. It supplies a single source for all the information required to identify and manage diverse types of salinity stresses.

Author : K.K. Tanji
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789388812832

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Agricultural Salinity Assessment and Management by K.K. Tanji Pdf

Author : J. D. Rhoades,Fernando Chanduvi,S. M. Lesch,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9251042810

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Soil Salinity Assessment by J. D. Rhoades,Fernando Chanduvi,S. M. Lesch,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Determination of soil salinity from aqueous electrical conductivity; determination of soil salinity from soil-paste and bulk soil electrical conductivity; example uses of salinity assessment technology; operational and equipment costs associated with salinity instrumentation measurement techniques.

Author : S. K. Gupta,I. C. Gupta
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789386237514

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Salt Affected Soils : Reclamation And Management by S. K. Gupta,I. C. Gupta Pdf

This book will be immensely useful to researchers, teachers and students, officers of command area development authorities, extension workers and above all the farming community of India. Any progress made in land reclamation programs with the help of this book will give us immense satisfaction.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Reclamation of land
ISBN : CHI:74915950

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Reclamation and Management of Salt-affected Soils by Anonim Pdf

With reference to India.

Author : S. K. Gupta,Megh R. Goyal
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781315341774

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Soil Salinity Management in Agriculture by S. K. Gupta,Megh R. Goyal Pdf

This important volume, Soil Salinity Management in Agriculture, addresses the crucial issue of soil salinity of potential farmland and provides a comprehensive picture of the saline environment and plant interactions, along with management and reclamation methods and policies. With contributions from researchers from the fields of agricultural chemistry, soil science, biotechnology, agronomy, environmental sciences, and plant breeding and genetics, the volume emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach.

Author : Jagdish Chander Dagar,Sharda Rani Gupta,Demel Teketay
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811568077

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Agroforestry for Degraded Landscapes by Jagdish Chander Dagar,Sharda Rani Gupta,Demel Teketay Pdf

This book presents various aspects of agroforestry research and development, as well as the latest trends in degraded landscape management. Over the last four decades, agroforestry research (particularly on degraded landscapes) has evolved into an essential problem-solving science, e.g. in terms of sustaining agricultural productivity, improving soil health and biodiversity, enhancing ecosystem services, supporting carbon sequestration and mitigating climate change. This book examines temperate and tropical agroforestry systems around the world, focusing on traditional and modern practices and technologies used to rehabilitate degraded lands. It covers the latest research advances, trends and challenges in the utilization and reclamation of degraded lands, e.g. urban and peri-urban agroforestry, reclamation of degraded landscapes, tree-based multi-enterprise agriculture, domestication of high-value halophytes, afforestation of coastal areas, preserving mangroves and much more. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable asset for a broad range of stakeholders including farmers, scientists, researchers, educators, students, development/extension agents, environmentalists, policy/decision makers, and government and non-government organizations.

Author : Redouane Choukr-Allah,Ragab Ragab
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031242793

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Biosaline Agriculture as a Climate Change Adaptation for Food Security by Redouane Choukr-Allah,Ragab Ragab Pdf

This book presents recent research work on Biosaline Agriculture presented during First International Forum on Biosaline Agriculture in Laayoune, Morocco from May 3rd to May 4th 2019. The aim of this book is to showcase the global potential of Biosaline agriculture, provide an update on the development of recent innovations in the field of Biosaline agriculture, the best management practices to safely use brackish and saline water, highlight the use of non-conventional water in marginal environment production and the current advanced technologies of desalination of brackish and seawater. The different chapters will also discuss solutions that are adapted to local conditions as part of a sustainable development perspective. The book provides up-to-date technical and scientific data on growing crops under marginal environment so as to encourage the dissemination of this knowledge in the best practices to increase the productivity in Biosaline agriculture, in view of the potential to contribute to food security. The book is expected to stimulate interest in the non-conventional water resources and crops among junior and senior researchers and among those who are increasingly focused on exploiting marginal environments. It will also be of interest to decision-makers and the public and private sectors to jointly address the issues of food security especially of the poor and vulnerable people living in marginal environments worldwide by providing innovative technology transfer.

Author : M. Ajmal Khan,Benno Böer,Münir Öztürk,Thabit Zahran Al Abdessalaam,Miguel Clüsener-Godt,Bilquees Gul
Publisher : Springer
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400774117

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Sabkha Ecosystems by M. Ajmal Khan,Benno Böer,Münir Öztürk,Thabit Zahran Al Abdessalaam,Miguel Clüsener-Godt,Bilquees Gul Pdf

Sustainable development is the key for the survival in 21st century. The natural resources are finite and cannot be used with impunity because we are the custodian of these resources and have responsibility to pass these to the next generation. This monumental task requires several major commitments and most important of them is to arrest population explosion which has already reached seven billion. Natural resources like air to breath, food to eat, and water to drink, and fossil fuel to maintain this life style are being overexploited. Unrestrained consuming culture will accelerate undesired situation. This situation will have more dire consequences in resource limited ecosystems like dry lands. Given the severe scarcity of water, ever increasing population and soil salinization out of the box solutions for the provision of food and clean energy is required to spare meager fresh water resources for conventional agriculture. This volume contains a number of articles dealing with halophyte ecology, bio-geography, ecophysiology, hyper-saline soils, biofuels, biosaline agriculture, biosaline landscaping, climate change mitigation, and biodiversity. It also contains the communication of innovative ideas, such as the research into floating mangroves, seagrass terraces, as well as a World Halophyte Garden containing all known salt-tolerant plant species. It is hoped that the information provided will not only advance vegetation science, but that it will truly generate more interdisciplinarity, networking, awareness, and inspire farmers, and agricultural and landscaping stakeholders to seriously engage in halophyte cash crop production in coastal hyper-saline areas.

Author : I.C. Gupta,S.K. Gupta
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789387991583

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Crop Production in Salt Affected Soils by I.C. Gupta,S.K. Gupta Pdf

The course work for various degree programs are constantly revised and or new courses added so that the future teachers, researches and planners are able to face the new emerging challenges. The environmental concerns of irrigated agriculture in the form of water logging and soil salinity are expanding and impacting food grains production. These challenges are commonly articulated at various forums. Thus, reclamation, management and crop production practices of waterlogged salt affected soils have been introduced as a subject in agricultural and agricultural engineering colleges. Since there is a general lack of a good textbook on this subject, authors have attempted to fill this gap through the current publication titled `Crop Production in Salt Affected Soils´. It comprehensively deals with the fundamentals of land reclamation principles and crop production practices. It has been divided into 16 Chapters. The book begins with general introduction comprising of categorization of salt affected soils, extent and distribution and nature and physical, chemical and biological properties. Other chapters includes basic information on on-farm land development, hydrology, irrigation practices, drainage methods, leaching, soil salinization, chemical amendments, and new innovative techniques including agronomic and cultural practices related to land reclamation. Crop production practices for select cereal, oil seeds, sugar, fiber and forage, green manure crops, grasses and forest plantations are also included. Chapter sixteen covers the economic evaluation and social issues involved in land reclamation programs. A Glossary of terms has been added for quick overview of the terms used in the book. The textbook designed and developed for the undergraduate/post graduate students of agricultural/agricultural engineering has been profusely illustrated so that students are able to visualize the processes and phenomena being dealt with. Besides serving as a text book, it will prove to be a handy resource book to conduct specialized training programs on land reclamation. We believe that the book will find its due place in the shelves of students and teachers, field functionaries and college libraries of state agricultural universities and civil engineering colleges.

Author : Shabbir A. Shahid,Faisal K. Taha,Mahmoud A. Abdelfattah
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 867 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400753327

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Developments in Soil Classification, Land Use Planning and Policy Implications by Shabbir A. Shahid,Faisal K. Taha,Mahmoud A. Abdelfattah Pdf

As the world’s population continues to expand, maintaining and indeed increasing agricultural productivity is more important than ever, though it is also more difficult than ever in the face of changing weather patterns that in some cases are leading to aridity and desertification. The absence of scientific soil inventories, especially in arid areas, leads to mistaken decisions about soil use that, in the end, reduce a region’s capacity to feed its population, or to guarantee a clean water supply. Greater efficiency in soil use is possible when these resources are properly classified using international standards. Focusing on arid regions, this volume details soil classification from many countries. It is only once this information is properly assimilated by policymakers it becomes a foundation for informed decisions in land use planning for rational and sustainable uses.

Author : I. P. Abrol,Jai Singh Pal Yadav,F. I. Massoud
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Science
ISBN : 9251026866

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Salt-affected Soils and Their Management by I. P. Abrol,Jai Singh Pal Yadav,F. I. Massoud Pdf

Origin,classification and distribution of salt-affected soils;saline soils and their management;sodic soils and their management;salinity problems of the dryland regions;water quality and crop production;socio-economic considerations in reclamation and management of salt-affectedsoils;

Author : Amitava Rakshit,Subhadip Ghosh,Somsubhra Chakraborty,Varughese Philip,Avishek Datta
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811520396

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Soil Analysis: Recent Trends and Applications by Amitava Rakshit,Subhadip Ghosh,Somsubhra Chakraborty,Varughese Philip,Avishek Datta Pdf

Soil analysis is critically important in the management of soil-based production systems. In the absence of efficient methods of soil analysis our understanding of soil is pure guesswork. Ideally the pro-active use of laboratory analysis leads to more sustainable soil productivity. Unfortunately, most of the world’s agriculture is still reactionary, waiting for obvious yield declines to occur before taking action to identify the reasons. The modern soil laboratory is pivotal to informing soil managers what adaptive practices are needed to address chemical and physical imbalances before they occur, and the intelligent adaptive use of laboratory data not only greatly speeds up and reduces the cost of empirical soil study, but can even render it unnecessary. This book provides a synopsis of the analytical procedures used for soil analysis, discussing the common physical, chemical and biological analytical methods used in agriculture and horticulture. Written by experienced experts from institutions and laboratories around the globe, it provides insights for a range of users, including those with limited laboratory facilities, and helps students, teachers, soil scientists and laboratory technicians increase their knowledge and skills and select appropriate methods for soil analysis.