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Saline and Alkaline Soils in Latin America

Natural Resources, Management and Productive Alternatives

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Editors:
  1. Edith Taleisnik

    1. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina

  2. Raúl S. Lavado

    1. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • First comprehensive account of this topic in Latin America
  • Provides case studies of saline and alkaline soils
  • First-hand new technological management tools
  • Presents natural plant resources management and breeding strategies

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This book provides the first comprehensive overview of saline and alkaline soils in Latin America, known for having one of the most extensive surface of salt-affected soils in the world. It is organized along two main axes: soils and vegetation. The book discusses the occurrence of such soils in the region, focusing mainly in management strategies for their sustainable use, and it presents accounts of natural vegetation and crops in the various environments of the region. Social impacts of such conditions and ongoing projects to overcome them are considered. Likewise, the book highlights physiological mechanisms that are responsible for the negative effects these soils exert on crops and forest resources and determine vegetation distribution in them. Plant breeding challenges and new perspectives for such environments are discussed. Technologies such as irrigation and drainage are included. The readership includes soil and plant scientists, as well as policy makers.

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. The Saline Environments in Latin America. Overview and Social Approach

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Overview of Salt-Affected Areas in Latin America: Physical, Social and Economic Perspectives

      • Ildefonso Pla Sentís
      Pages 3-36

    3. Environmental, Agricultural, and Socioeconomic Impacts of Salinization to Family-Based Irrigated Agriculture in the Brazilian Semiarid Region

      • Nildo da Silva Dias, Jucirema Ferreira da Silva, Maria Alejandra Moreno-Pizani, Matheus Cardim Ferreira Lima, Jorge Freire da Silva Ferreira, Edna Lúcia Rocha Linhares et al.
      Pages 37-48

  3. Soils, Water, Agriculture and Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Salt Accumulation and Redistribution in the Dry Plains of Southern South America: Lessons from Land Use Changes

      • Esteban G. Jobbágy, Raúl Giménez, Victoria Marchesini, Yésica Diaz, Dushmantha H. Jayawickreme, Marcelo D. Nosetto
      Pages 51-70

    3. Strategies for the Use of Brackish Water for Crop Production in Northeastern Brazil

      • Claudivan Feitosa de Lacerda, Hans Raj Gheyi, José Francismar de Medeiros, Raimundo Nonato Távora Costa, Geocleber Gomes de Sousa, Geovani Soares de Lima
      Pages 71-99

    4. Potential Agricultural Use of Reject Brine from Desalination Plants in Family Farming Areas

      • Nildo da Silva Dias, Cleyton dos Santos Fernandes, Osvaldo Nogueira de Sousa Neto, Cláudio Ricardo da Silva, Jorge Freire da Silva Ferreira, Francisco Vanies da Silva Sá et al.
      Pages 101-118

    5. Salt Affected Soils in the Brazilian Semiarid and Phytoremediation as a Reclamation Alternative

      • Maria Betânia Galvão Santos Freire, Fernando José Freire, Luiz Guilherme Medeiros Pessoa, Edivan Rodrigues de Souza, Hans Raj Gheyi
      Pages 119-139

    6. Salinization in Peruvian North Coast Soils: Case Study in San Pedro de Lloc

      • Nadia R. Gamboa, Adolfo B. Marchese, Carlos H. Tavares Corrêa
      Pages 141-159

    7. Effects of Salinity on Vineyards and Wines from Mendoza, Argentina

      • Rosana C. Vallone, Laura E. Martínez, Federico G. Olmedo, Santiago E. Sari
      Pages 161-176

    8. Causes, Effects, and Management of Salinity Problems in Pecan Production in North Mexico

      • Dámaris Ojeda-Barrios, Adalberto Benavides-Mendoza, Adriana Hernández-Rodríguez, Laura Raquel Orozco-Meléndez, Esteban Sanchez
      Pages 177-187

  4. Salinity in Humid, Waterlogged and Flooded Environments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. Genesis, Properties and Management of Salt-Affected Soils in the Flooding Pampas, Argentina

      • Perla A. Imbellone, Miguel A. Taboada, Francisco Damiano, Raúl S. Lavado
      Pages 191-208

    3. Origin, Management and Reclamation Technologies of Salt-Affected and Flooded Soils in the Inland Pampas of Argentina

      • Miguel A. Taboada, Francisco Damiano, José M. Cisneros, Raúl S. Lavado
      Pages 209-228

    4. Salt-Affected Soils of Pantanal Wetland

      • Sheila A. C. Furquim, Thiago T. Vidoca
      Pages 229-254

    5. Temperate Coastal Salt Marsh Soils—Effects of Grazing and Management Alternatives

      • Carla E. Di Bella, Adriana M. Rodríguez, Miguel A. Taboada, Agustín A. Grimoldi
      Pages 255-268

    6. Limitations and Sustainable Management of Halohydromorphic Soils of the Santa Fe Province, Argentina

      • Silvia Imhoff, José Luis Panigatti
      Pages 269-283

    7. Effects of Supplementary Irrigation on Soils and Crops in Humid and Sub-humid Areas in the Pampas Region of Argentina

      • Carina Rosa Alvarez, Helena Rimski Korsakov, Martín Torres Duggan
      Pages 285-294

    8. Conceptual and Practical Framework to Address Gypsum Management in Salt-Affected Soils

      • Martín Torres Duggan, Mónica B. Rodríguez
      Pages 295-309
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Edith Taleisnik, Raúl S. Lavado

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Saline and Alkaline Soils in Latin America

  • Book Subtitle: Natural Resources, Management and Productive Alternatives

  • Editors: Edith Taleisnik, Raúl S. Lavado

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52592-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52591-0Published: 27 September 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52594-1Published: 28 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-52592-7Published: 26 September 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 463

  • Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations, 106 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Soil Science & Conservation, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Plant Sciences, Biotechnology

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