"Soil salinity" refers to the presence of a high amount of salt in the soil. When there is too much salt in the soil, it can harm plant growth and make it difficult for plants to get the water they need.
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He added that one of the best performing varieties was very salt - tolerant from the CIP breeding program for adaptation to subtropical lowlands with tolerance to abiotic stress that was also recently released as a variety in Bangladesh for cultivation in coastal areas with
high soil salinity.
Avocado yields are decreased by chloride toxicity and
soil salinity throughout California avocado orchards but there is little information on the extent to which different rootstocks can be used to improve tree performance under saline conditions.
increase the extent and condition of understory native plants and river red gums through improved soil quality (
reduced soil salinity) and soil moisture
In India and Bangladesh alone, more than 7 million hectares of rice land are adversely affected
by soil salinity.
A collaborative research project between Australian and Chinese scientists has shown how soybean can be bred to better
tolerate soil salinity.
This has left many new cultivars susceptible to the rapid increases we are currently seeing
in soil salinity around the world.»
The UC interdisciplinary team of faculty and graduate students from the departments of geology, anthropology and geography published the conclusions and details of the study this month in the Journal of Archaeological Science titled, «
Evaluating soil salinity and water management in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.»
According to Israel21c, a series of panels and discussions integrated some of the world's leading international desertification experts and included Ghana Fisheries Minister Gladys Asmah, Jordanian Director General of Sustainable Development Dr. Khaled Nassar and India's Dr. Gurbachan Singh, Director of the country's
Central Soil Salinity Research Institute.
Not only does this limit the land available for use in agriculture, but in land that has been used for generations, the combination of irrigation and evaporation gradually leads to
increasing soil salinity.
Salinity intrusion due to reduction of freshwater flow from upstream, salinization of groundwater and fluctuation
of soil salinity are major concern.
Plants are often subjected to periods of soil and atmospheric water deficits during their life cycle as well as, in many areas of the globe, to
high soil salinity.
Today, development of new rice varieties is focused on adaptability to the effects of climate change, specifically, flooding,
soil salinity, and drought.
«About half of the rice growing areas in the region are rainfed and prone to flooding, drought, and
soil salinity.
By identifying the gene, genetic markers can now be used in breeding programs to ensure that salt tolerance can be maintained in future cultivars of soybean that will be grown in areas prone to
soil salinity.
«But many commercial crops are sensitive to
soil salinity and this can cause major losses to crop yields.
Soil salinity is claiming about 3 hectares, or 7.4 acres, of usable land from conventional crop farming every minute.
Hoping for a boost to native vegetation, scientists will study the effects on trees,
soil salinity, and ground water
Potential impacts include not only dry aquifers and failing farms, but increased
soil salinity and carbon dioxide emissions.
However; due to increasing
soil salinity, freshwater loving plant species in these wetlands would be affected adversely.