Research and Utilization of Halophytes for Phytoremediation of Saline-Alkali Land
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 324
Special Issue Editors
Interests: land management; soil improvement; sustainable development; soil and global climate change; saline-sodic soil; land degradation; soil microorganisms; soil structure
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Interests: soil ecology; saline–sodic soil; land degradation; soil microorganisms; soil structure; soil productivity enhancement; carbon/nitrogen cycle
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil is an essential resource and constitutes a vital part of the natural environment from which most global food is produced. At the same time, soil provides living space for humans, in addition to essential ecosystem services that so vital for water regulation and supply, climate regulation, biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration and cultural services.
Some soils are naturally saline or sodic and harbor valuable ecosystems. These give host a range of plants that are adapted to extreme conditions. However, secondary salinity and sodicity can develop or increase rapidly in response to unsustainable human activities, posing a threat to agricultural production, food security, the provision of essential ecosystem services as well as the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Salinization and sodification of soils are among the most serious global threats to arid and semi-arid regions, but also pose major challenges to croplands in coastal regions and for land irrigated with wastewater in any climate.
Saline soils have excessive levels of soluble salts. This can negatively impact or inhibit plant growth and be toxic to life. Sodic soils possess a high amount of adsorbed sodium, leading to the degradation of soil structure and the inhibition of plant growth.
The solution is simple but challenging. We must halt soil salinization and boost soil productivity. The Guest Editors of this Special Issue are eager to publish a wide array of perspectives and innovative studies on this cutting-edge issue.
Dr. Xiaohua Long
Dr. Shao Tianyun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- land management
- soil improvement
- sustainable development
- soil and global climate change
- saline–sodic soil
- land degradation
- soil microorganisms
- soil structure
- farmland construction.
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