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Towards sustainable agriculture for the salt‐affected soil
Author(s) -
Shao Hongbo,
Chu Liye,
Lu Haiying,
Qi Weicong,
Chen Xin,
Liu Jia,
Kuang Shaoping,
Tang Boping,
Wong Vanessa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
land degradation and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1099-145X
pISSN - 1085-3278
DOI - 10.1002/ldr.3218
Subject(s) - soil retrogression and degradation , soil fertility , land degradation , environmental science , vegetation (pathology) , soil quality , land use , ecosystem services , ecosystem , land development , agriculture , salt (chemistry) , agroforestry , land management , soil water , soil science , ecology , chemistry , biology , medicine , pathology
Salt stress is a major problem happening in almost all the world, affecting soil metabolism and acting further negatively soil fertility and soil quality, causing land degradation and low ecosystem service functions and ecosystem productivity. In marshy area as one type of important marginal land resources, salt is also the main barrier to be improved and the driving force to make vegetation succeed. This commentary briefly reviews the main advance focusing on salt‐affected soil and introduced the publications in this Special Issue: Salt Soil Improvement and Efficient Development in Land Degradation & Development 29, 2018, to promote global cooperation for studying salt‐affecting soil quality, land degradation, and eco‐restoration.