Developments in Soil Salinity Assessment and Reclamation

<p>Part I     High-tech in Soil Salinity Mapping and Monitoring </p><p>1. Developments in Soil Salinity Assessment, Modeling, Mapping and Monitoring from Regional to Submicroscopic Scales </p><p>Shabbir A Shahid </p><p>2. Soil Salinity Modelling, Approaches and Key Issues</p><p>Jorge Batlle-Sales</p><p>3. Quantification of the Salt Content of Soils Under Different Climatic Conditions on a National Scale in South Africa </p><p>JP Nell </p><p>4. Soil Salinizaion Assessment and Monitoring at Boe Klue District, Nan Province, Northern Thailand</p><p>Rungsun Im-Erb, Kachentra Neawsuparb and Samran Sombatpanit</p><p>5. Soil Salinity Mapping Using Multi-Temporal Satellite Images in Agricultural Field of Syrdary Province of Uzbekistan</p><p>Alexander Platonov, Andrew Noble and Ramazan Kuziev </p><p>6. The New Map of Soil Salinity and Regularities in Distribution of Salt-Affected Soils in Russia</p><p>Pankova YeI, AF Novikova and A Kontoboytseva</p><p>7. Soil Salinity Mapping in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt Using Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing Techniques</p><p>Hala M Ibrahim and Assia A El Falaky</p><p>8. Spatial Variability of Soil Salinization as Judged from the Comparison of Soil Maps and Remote Sensing Materials for Different Years in Uzbekistan</p><p>Dmitry I. Rukhovich, Polina V. Koroleva, Yekaterina V. Vil'chevskaya, Natalia V. Kalinina, Galina I Chernousenko and Svetlana V Rukhovich</p><p>9. Soil Salinity in the Central Arid Region of Iran - Esfahan Province</p><p>Mojtaba Fathi and Moslehedin Rezaei</p><p>10. Mapping the Risk of Soil Salinization Using Electromagnetic Induction and Non-Parametric Geostatistics </p><p>Houria Dakak, Aicha Benmohammadi, Brahim Soudi, Ahmed Doukaik, Mohamed Badraoui, and Abdelmjid Zouahri</p><p>11. Spatiotemporal Variability and Mapping of Groundwater Salinity in Tadla: Geostatistical Approach</p><p>Mouanis Lahlou, MM Ajerame, P Bogaert and B Bousetta </p><p>12. Spatial Analysis Using a Proportional Effect Semivariogram Model</p><p>Adel M Elprince</p><p>13. Spatial Monitoring of Soil Salinity and Prospective Conservation Study for Sinnuris District Soils, Fayoum, Egypt</p><p>Mahmoud M Shendi, Mahmoud A Abdelfattah and Ahmed Harbi</p><p>14. Geographical Distribution of Soil Salinity, Alkalinity and Calcicity within Fayoum and Tamia Districts, Fayoum Governorate, Egypt</p><p>Mahmoud Abd-ELgawad, Mahmoud M Shendi, Dalia M Sofi, HA Abdurrahman and Asmaa M Ahmed</p><p>15. Using Remotely-Sensed Soil Conductivity to Monitor Restoration Activities on Vernal Pools, Northern Great Basin, USA</p><p>Ron Reuter, Laura Dlugolecki, James Doolittle and Paul Pedone</p><p>16. Mapping and Monitoring of Salt-Affected Soils Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System for the Reclamation of Canal Commanded Area of Jammu, India</p><p>VK Jalali and Sanjay Arora</p><p>Part II     Management and Reclamation of Salt-Affected Soils </p><p>17. Management of Saline Lands in Oman: Learning to Live with Salinity</p><p>Mushtaque Ahmed, Nazir Hussain and Salim Ali Al-Rawahy</p><p>18. Rice Production in Salt-Affected Soils of Pakistan Using Different Reclamation Techniques </p><p>M Javaid Ahmad, Muhammad Arif, Arshad Iqbal, Muhammad Khalid and Naseem Akhtar</p><p>19. Marginal-Quality Water Use as an Ameliorant for Tile-Drained Saline-Sodic Soils in a Rice-Wheat Production System</p><p>Ghulam Murtaza, Abdul Ghafoor, Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman and Manzoor Qadir</p><p>20. Reclamation of Degraded Vertisols Under Cassava in Arid Environments of India</p><p>G Byju, RS Misra, RR Nair, M Haripriya Anand, ML Jeeva and CS Ravindran</p><p>21. Sustainable Management of Salt Affected Soils and Poor Quality Ground Waters for Enhancing Crop Production</p><p>Anand Swarup</p><p>22. Controlling Sodic Soil Erosion by Electrolytes and Polyacrylamide Application</p><p>Ahmed Al-Busaidi, Tahei Yamamoto, Yutaka Shimura, Taku Nishimura and Henintsoa Andry</p><p>23. Practical, Productive and Environment Friendly Utilization of Different Categories of Salt-Affected Soils in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Pakistan</p><p>Shafqat Farooq, M Akram, M Afzal, R Arshad and Farooq Azam</p><p>24. The Reclamation Effects Should be Considered for Saline Soil Criteria in Soil Classification System</p><p>Zhang Fengrong and Zheng Zhong</p><p>Part III Use of Marginal Quality Water for Crop Production </p><p>25. Use of Marginal Quality Waters for Sustainable Crop Production</p><p>Donald L Suarez</p><p>26. Distichlis Spicata – A Salt and Drought Tolerant Plant Species with Minimum Water Requirements for Sustainable Agriculture in Desert Regions and Biological Reclamation of Desert Saline Soils</p><p>Mohammad Pessarakli and Kenneth B Marcum</p><p>27. Relative Salinity Tolerance of 35 Lolium spp. Cultivars for Urban Landscape and Forage Use</p><p>Kenneth B Marcum and Mohammad Pessarakli</p><p>28. Enhances the Quality of Turfgrasses with Saline Groundwater</p><p>Ghazi Abu Rumman, Edward G. Barrett Lennard, and Timothy D. Colmer</p><p>29. Plant Response to Saline Water Irrigation in a Sicilian Vineyard</p><p>Giuseppina Crescimanno and Kenneth B Marcum</p><p>30. Yield and Growth Responses of Autochthonous Pearl Millet Ecotype (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) Under Saline Water Irrigation in Tunisia</p><p>Leila Radhouane</p><p>31. Use of Marginal Water for Salicornia bigelovii Torr. Planting in the United Arab Emirates</p><p>Mohammad Shahid, Abdullah A Jaradat and Nanduri K Rao</p><p>32. Performance of Chenopodium quinoa Under Salt Stress</p><p>Meryem Brakez, Salma Daoud and M Cherif  Harrouni</p><p>33. Inducing Pea Plants for Conquering the Adverse Conditions of Saline Reclaimed Soils with Some Support Application</p><p>Mostafa M Rady</p><p>34. Prospects of Crop and Forage Production in Coastal Saline Soils of Bangladesh</p><p>M Shirazul Islam, M Nurul Alam Akhand and MA Razzaque Akanda</p><p>IV. Salt-Tolerance Mechanisms in Plants</p><p>35. Salt Response of Some Halophytes with Potential Interest in Reclamation of Saline Soils - Gas Exchange, Water Use Efficiency and Defense Mechanism</p><p>H-W Koyro, Salma Daoud and M Cherif Harrouni</p><p>36. Salt Response of Halophytes with Potential Interest in Food Crops and Reclamation of Saline Soils, Growth, Water Relations, Mineral Content and Anatomical Adaptations</p><p>Salma Daoud, H-W Koyro and M Cherif Harrouni</p><p>37. Biology and Physiology of Avicennia Marina in the Coastal Conditions of Southern Morocco</p><p>Naïma Tachbibi, Salma Daoud and M Cherif Harrouni</p><p>V. Biosaline Agriculture and Agroforestry for Marginal Lands</p><p>38. Integrating Agroforestry and Pastures for Soil Salinity Management in Dryland Ecosystems in Aral Sea Basin</p><p>KN Toderich, EV Shuyskaya, Faisal K Taha, Naoko Matsuo, Shoaib Ismail, DB Aralova and TF Radjabov</p><p>39. Atriplex Production under Saline Soil and Saline Irrigation Practices</p><p>Hesham Attar</p><p>40. Exploring Saline Lands Improvement through Testing Leptochloa Fusca and Sporobolus Virginicus in Egypt</p><p>Medhat M Tawfik, AT Thalooth and Nabila M Zaki</p><p>41. Improvement of Soil Quality through Agro-Forestry System for Central Plain Zone of Uttar Pradesh India</p><p>Shamim Ahmad Khan and Rizwan Khan</p><p>VI.  Microbiological Interventions for Marginal Soils and Water Resources</p><p>42. Bacterial Exo-Polysaccharides: A Biological Tool for the Reclamation of Salt-Affected Soils</p><p>M Ashraf, S Hasnain and O Berge</p><p>VII. Opportunities and Challenges in Using Marginal Waters</p><p>43. Agriculture Use of Marginal Water in Egypt: Opportunities and Challenges</p><p>Mohamed S Zidan and Mohamed A Dawoud</p><p>44. Marginal Water in Agriculture and Food Crisis in Sub Sahara Africa</p><p>Balogun Olubunmi Lawrence and Etop Samuel Charles</p><p>VIII. Water Quality, Soil and Water Management in Irrigated Agriculture</p><p>45. Water Quality of Medjerda Wadi used for Irrigation Purpose (Eastern Algeria)</p><p>Imen Guasmi, Fatiha Hadji and Larbi Djabri</p><p>46. Exploring Soil Salinity Management in Entisols using Trickle Irrigation System</p><p>M. Nurul A Akhand and Basel Al Araj</p><p>47. Suitability of Surface Water from Mouillah Wadi Of Algeria for Irrigation Purposes</p><p>Fatiha Hadji, Imen Guasmi and Larbi Djabri </p><p>48. Water Use Efficiency for Leaching Saline Sodic Clayey Soils, Case Study- Tina Plain Area of Egypt</p><p>Gehan AH Sallam, Magdy R Nasralla and Magdy A Ragab</p><p>49.The Performamce of Sunflower, Turnip and Forage Corn  in Uptaking Some Essential Elements and Cadmium under Wastewater Irrigation</p><p>Hamid Molahoseini and Mohammad Feizi</p><p>50. Sustainable Agriculture through Integrated Soil Fertility Management on Degraded Lands</p><p>Muhammad Aamer Maqsood, Shahid Hussain, Tariq Aziz and Muhammad Ashraf</p><p>51. Use of Conservation Tillage System in Semiarid Region to Ensure Wheat Food Security in Pakistan</p><p>Ijaz Rasool Noorka and Shabbir A Shahid</p><p>52. Effect of Salinity and Bentonite on the Characteristics of Mineral Soil and Behavior of Leguminous Plants (Vicia Faba L.)</p><p>Houcine Abdelhakim Reguieg Yssaad and Bachir Bouyadjra Amine</p><p>Author Index</p>Subject Index