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Developments in Soil Salinity Assessment and Reclamation

Innovative Thinking and Use of Marginal Soil and Water Resources in Irrigated Agriculture

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Shabbir A. Shahid

    1. , Salinity Management, International Center for Biosaline Agric, Dubai, Utd.Arab.Emir.

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  2. Mahmoud A. Abdelfattah

    1. , Soil and Land Use Management, Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, Utd.Arab.Emir.

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  3. Faisal K. Taha

    1. , Technical Programs, International Center for Biosaline Agric, Dubai, Utd.Arab.Emir.

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  • Covers advances in soil salinity mapping and monitoring, management and reclamation of salt-affected soils
  • Offers agricultural improvements for use of marginal quality water in crop production, salt-tolerance mechanisms in plants and more
  • Expertly developed and organized to present the latest advances and science on soil salinity in arid and semi-arid regions
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (52 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-li
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  2. High-tech in Soil Salinity Mapping and Monitoring

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. High-tech in Soil Salinity Mapping and Monitoring

    1. Developments in Soil Salinity Assessment, Modeling, Mapping, and Monitoring from Regional to Submicroscopic Scales

      • Shabbir A. Shahid
      Pages 3-43

    2. Soil Salinity Modeling, Approaches, and Key Issues

      • Jorge Batlle-Sales
      Pages 45-59

    3. Quantification of the Salt Content of Soils Under Different Climatic Conditions on a National Scale in South Africa

      • J. P. Nell
      Pages 61-73

    4. Soil Salinization Assessment and Monitoring at Boe Klue District, Nan Province, Northern Thailand

      • Rungsun Im-Erb, Kachentra Neawsuparb, Samran Sombatpanit
      Pages 75-86

    5. Soil Salinity Mapping Using Multi-Temporal Satellite Images in Agricultural Fields of Syrdarya Province of Uzbekistan

      • Alexander Platonov, Andrew Noble, Ramazan Kuziev
      Pages 87-98

    6. The New Map of Soil Salinity and Regularities in Distribution of Salt-Affected Soils in Russia

      • Ye. I. Pankova, A. F. Novikova, A. Kontoboytseva
      Pages 99-111

    7. Soil Salinity Mapping in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt Using Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing Techniques

      • Hala M. Ibrahim, Assia A. El Falaky
      Pages 113-125

    8. Spatial Variability of Soil Salinization as Judged from the Comparison of Soil Maps and Remote Sensing Materials for Different Years in Uzbekistan

      • Dmitry I. Rukhovich, Polina V. Koroleva, Yekaterina V. Vil’chevskaya, Natalia V. Kalinina, Galina I. Chernousenko, Svetlana V. Rukhovich
      Pages 127-139

    9. Soil Salinity in the Central Arid Region of Iran: Esfahan Province

      • Mojtaba Fathi, Moslehedin Rezaei
      Pages 141-153

    10. Mapping the Risk of Soil Salinization Using Electromagnetic Induction and Non-parametric Geostatistics

      • Houria Dakak, Aicha Benmohammadi, Brahim Soudi, Ahmed Douaik, Mohamed Badraoui, Abdelmjid Zouahri
      Pages 155-166

    11. Spatiotemporal Variability and Mapping of Groundwater Salinity in Tadla: Geostatistical Approach

      • Mouanis Lahlou, Moulay Mohamed Ajerame, Patrick Bogaert, Brahim Bousetta
      Pages 167-182

    12. Spatial Analysis Using a Proportional Effect Semivariogram Model

      • Adel M. Elprince
      Pages 183-197

    13. Spatial Monitoring of Soil Salinity and Prospective Conservation Study for Sinnuris District Soils, Fayoum, Egypt

      • Mahmoud M. Shendi, Mahmoud A. Abdelfattah, Ahmed Harbi
      Pages 199-217

    14. Geographical Distribution of Soil Salinity, Alkalinity, and Calcicity Within Fayoum and Tamia Districts, Fayoum Governorate, Egypt

      • Mahmoud Abd-Elgawad, Mahmoud M. Shendi, Dalia M. Sofi, H. A. Abdurrahman, Asmaa M. Ahmed
      Pages 219-236

    15. Using Remotely Sensed Soil Conductivity to Monitor Restoration Activities on Vernal Pools, Northern Great Basin, USA

      • Ron Reuter, Laura Dlugolecki, James Doolittle, Paul Pedone
      Pages 237-249

    16. Mapping and Monitoring of Salt-Affected Soils Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System for the Reclamation of Canal Command Area of Jammu, India

      • V. K. Jalali, Sanjay Arora
      Pages 251-261

  4. Management and Reclamation of Salt-Affected Soils

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 263-263
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  5. Management and Reclamation of Salt-Affected Soils

    1. Management of Saline Lands in Oman: Learning to Live with Salinity

      • Mushtaque Ahmed, Nazir Hussain, Salim Ali Al-Rawahy
      Pages 265-281
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The papers assembled here cover topics such as technological advances in soil salinity mapping and monitoring, management and reclamation of salt-affected soils, use of marginal quality water for crop production, salt-tolerance mechanisms in plants, biosaline agriculture and agroforestry, microbiological interventions for marginal soils, opportunities and challenges in using marginal waters, and soil and water management in irrigated agriculture.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Salinity Management, International Center for Biosaline Agric, Dubai, Utd.Arab.Emir.

    Shabbir A. Shahid

  • , Soil and Land Use Management, Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, Utd.Arab.Emir.

    Mahmoud A. Abdelfattah

  • , Technical Programs, International Center for Biosaline Agric, Dubai, Utd.Arab.Emir.

    Faisal K. Taha

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