Management of Salt-Affected Soils: A Photographic Mini-Review

Abstract

oil is the main source of human food, feed for our animals, fiber, and a major source of fuel. The ability of soil to supply life essentials can be impacted by several obstacles that reduce or prevent plant production. Salt-affected soils are common under arid and semi-arid climates, which often produce soils that have salinity and/or alkalinity problems. Salinity and alkalinity are important stresses, mainly including oxidative and osmotic stress, which threaten crop productivity under such soil conditions and can cause significant yield reductions. Successful production in such soils needs a deep understanding of their formation and productivity challenges. Due to the increased areas of salt-affected soils in the world, the management of these soils is a crucial global issue. This paper is a mini-review on salt-affected soils, which include their characterization and suitable management approaches. Nano-management of salt-affected soils as a promising approach will also be discussed and new perspectives and challenges in reclamation of salt-affected soils will be highlighted.

Significant Use of Molasses and foliar application of Ca (NO3)2 on Improving of some Soil properties and yield of Rice under salt affected soils

“…The outcome of this is a possible increase in nitrification, resulting in an increase in the soil nitrogen in a form available to the plant. These results supported byEl-Ramady et al (2022).…”

Plant Nutrition for Human Health: A Pictorial Review on Plant Bioactive Compounds for Sustainable Agriculture

“…Hairy root culture using A. rhizogenes, which had an inhibition effect on the proliferation of human breast cancer under cell line [242] Concerning the photographic approach, many pictorial published articles have recently been issued on different topics, including management of salt-affected soils [243], soil and humans [244], the soil-water-plant-human nexus [245], and a from-farm-to-fork approach using nanofarming of vegetables [246].…”

A Diagrammatic Mini-Review on Soil-Human Health-Nexus: with Focus on Soil Nano-Pollution

“…Diagrammatic articles are highly effective at communicating these complex nexuses (El-Ramady et al 2022a, b). Several recent investigations of these nexuses have used diagrams such as illustrations and/or photographs, such as soilhuman relationships (El-Ramady et al 2022c), management of salt-affected soils (El-Ramady et al 2022d), and the soil-water-plant-human nexus (Brevik et al 2022), along with other issues like smart agriculture , the comparison of higher plants and mushrooms (El-Ramady et al 2022e), nano-farming , and nano-grafting (Bayoumi et al 2022). The main difference between a typical review article and diagrammatic review is that the pictorial review heavily depends on presenting the available information using diagrams, photographs, and other image-based methods.…”