Soil salinity under climate change: Challenges for sustainable agriculture and food security

R Mukhopadhyay, B Sarkar, HS Jat, PC Sharma… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil salinity is one of the major and widespread challenges in the recent era that hinders
global food security and environmental sustainability. Worsening the situation, the harmful …

Remediation of soil and water contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbon: A review

IC Ossai, A Ahmed, A Hassan, FS Hamid - Environmental Technology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The global use of petroleum hydrocarbons for energy and raw materials in various
applications has increased with extensive release of a wide variety of contaminants into the …

Adaptive mechanisms of halophytes and their potential in improving salinity tolerance in plants

MM Rahman, MG Mostofa, SS Keya… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Soil salinization, which is aggravated by climate change and inappropriate anthropogenic
activities, has emerged as a serious environmental problem, threatening sustainable …

Curing the earth: A review of anthropogenic soil salinization and plant-based strategies for sustainable mitigation

A Litalien, B Zeeb - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
At low concentrations salts are relatively benign, but anthropogenic activities can drive
concentrations to levels that impact soil quality, microbial, plant, and animal life. Soil and …

Mining halophytes for plant growth-promoting halotolerant bacteria to enhance the salinity tolerance of non-halophytic crops

H Etesami, GA Beattie - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Salinity stress is one of the major abiotic stresses limiting crop production in arid and semi-
arid regions. Interest is increasing in the application of PGPRs (plant growth promoting …

Opinion: Taking phytoremediation from proven technology to accepted practice

KE Gerhardt, PD Gerwing, BM Greenberg - Plant Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation is the use of plants to extract, immobilize, contain and/or degrade
contaminants from soil, water or air. It can be an effective strategy for on site and/or in situ …

Current states and challenges of salt-affected soil remediation by cyanobacteria

H Li, Q Zhao, H Huang - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Natural and human activities lead to soil degradation and soil salinization. The decrease of
farmlands threatens food security. There are approximately 1 billion ha salt-affected soils all …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable agricultural management of saline soils in arid and semi-arid Mediterranean regions through halophytes, microbial and soil-based technologies

S Navarro-Torre, P Garcia-Caparrós, A Nogales… - Environmental and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil salinization is an important global issue since marginal salt-affected soils have harmful
consequences in agriculture and ecosystems. This article reviews different sustainable …

Trichoderma and Bacillus multifunctional allies for plant growth and health in saline soils: recent advances and future challenges

G Santoyo, MC Orozco-Mosqueda, MS Afridi… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Saline soils pose significant challenges to global agricultural productivity, hindering crop
growth and efficiency. Despite various mitigation strategies, the issue persists, underscoring …

A review of the distribution, sources, genesis, and environmental concerns of salinity in groundwater

C Li, X Gao, S Li, J Bundschuh - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Awareness concerning the degradation of groundwater quality and their exacerbating
adverse effects due to salinization processes is gaining traction, raising for adequate …