Water scarcity and wastewater reuse in crop irrigation

N Ungureanu, V Vlăduț, G Voicu - Sustainability, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Due to climate change, two-thirds of mankind will face water scarcity by 2025, while by 2050,
global food production must increase by at least 50% to feed 9 billion people. To overcome …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigating soil salinity stress with gypsum and bio-organic amendments: A review

SK Bello, AH Alayafi, SG Al-Solaimani… - Agronomy, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Salinity impedes soil and crop productivity in over 900 million ha of arable lands worldwide
due to the excessive accumulation of salt (NaCl). To utilize saline soils in agriculture …

[HTML][HTML] Irrigation induced salinity and sodicity hazards on soil and groundwater: An overview of its causes, impacts and mitigation strategies

A Mohanavelu, SR Naganna, N Al-Ansari - Agriculture, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Salinity and sodicity have been a major environmental hazard of the past century since more
than 25% of the total land and 33% of the irrigated land globally are affected by salinity and …

[HTML][HTML] Reclamation of salt-affected land: A review

M Shaygan, T Baumgartl - Soil systems, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Reclamation of salt-affected soil has been identified by the FAO as being critical to meet the
needs to increase agricultural productivity. This paper reviews commonly used reclamation …

Challenges in sustainable agriculture—the role of organic amendments

M Matisic, I Dugan, I Bogunovic - Agriculture, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
Soil degradation threatens global food security and environmental sustainability,
necessitating effective soil management strategies. This review comprehensively examines …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative estimation of saline-soil amelioration using remote-sensing indices in arid land for better management

HM Aboelsoud, MAE AbdelRahman, AMS Kheir… - Land, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Soil salinity and sodicity are significant issues worldwide. In particular, they represent the
most dominant types of degraded lands, especially in arid and semi-arid regions with …

Cation composition of saline water affects soil structure by altering the formation of macropores and cracks in illite soils

S Yan, T Zhang, B Zhang, Z Liu, Y Cheng… - Soil and Tillage …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Cation ratio of soil structural stability (CROSS) is preferred over sodium adsorption ratio
(SAR) for assessing irrigation water quality. However, its applicability in evaluating the …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of humic substances recovered from the sewage sludge and validity of their removal from this waste

J Michalska, J Turek-Szytow, A Dudło… - EFB Bioeconomy …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Being an inevitable byproduct of the operation of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs),
sewage sludge may cause serious environmental problems. Thus, the proper treatment and …

Pyridoxine-HCl plus gypsum and humic acid reinforce salinity tolerance of coriander plants with boosting yield and modifying oil fractionations

ML Hadid, TAA El-Mageed, KMA Ramadan… - Russian Journal of Plant …, 2024‏ - Springer
Despite soil salinity is one of the prime abiotic stresses, exploiting the saline soils for the
agricultural production will increase in the forthcoming decades to fulfill the human food …

Combining chemical and organic treatments enhances remediation performance and soil health in saline-sodic soils

S Rezapour, A Nouri, F Asadzadeh, M Barin… - … Earth & Environment, 2023‏ - nature.com
We investigated the individual and synergistic impact of gypsum, elemental sulfur,
vermicompost, biochar, and microbial inoculation on soil health improvement in degrading …