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This edited volume focuses on the characterization, reclamation, bioremediation, and phytoremediation of salt affected soils and waterlogged sodic soils. Innovative technologies in managing marginal salt affected lands merit immediate attention in the light of climate change and its impact on crop productivity and environment. The decision-making process related to reclamation and management of vast areas of salt affected soils encompasses consideration of economic viability, environmental sustainability, and social acceptability of different approaches. The chapters in this book highlight the significant environmental and social impacts of different ameliorative techniques used to manage salt affected soils. Readers will discover new knowledge on the distribution, reactions, changes in bio-chemical properties and microbial ecology of salt affected soils through case studies exploring Indian soils. The contributions presented by experts shed new light on techniques such as the restoration of degraded lands by growing halophyte plant species, diversification of crops and introduction of microbes for remediation of salt infested soils, and the use of fluorescent pseudomonads for enhancing crop yields. .

Environment. --- Microbiology. --- Agriculture. --- Plant physiology. --- Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Environmental engineering. --- Biotechnology. --- Sustainable development. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Plant Physiology. --- Sustainable Development. --- Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. --- Applied Microbiology. --- Bioremediation. --- Soil remediation. --- Cleanup of contaminated soil --- Remediation of contaminated soil --- Soil cleanup --- Soil contamination remediation --- Environmental biotechnology --- Soil protection --- Soil pollution --- Biodegradation --- Pollution --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Microorganisms --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Botany --- Plants --- Physiology --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Environmental aspects --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- Environmental control --- Environmental effects --- Environmental stresses --- Engineering --- Environmental health --- Environmental protection --- Sustainable engineering --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences