Meeting current needs without compromising future generations’ ability to meet theirs is the only path toward achieving environmental sustainability. As most valuable natural resource, soil faces global, regional, and local challenges, from quality degradation mass losses brought on by salinization. These issues affect agricultural productivity ecological balance, undermining sustainability foo...

Cucumber monoculture could cause soil salinization and acidification, soilborne diseases, eventually yield loss. However, after a 25-year in Wafangdian county, Liaoning province, China, cucumber yields have remained satisfactory. In the present study, we investigated how abiotic biotic properties, addition to rhizosphere microbial community structure greenhouses, still sustain plant growth such...

salinization is the main characteristic of soils in arid and semi-arid regions which reduce the agricultural potential ofirrigated lands. therefore, soil reclamation as well as determination of the leaching requirement for salt control is veryimportant for better plant growth. in this study, the effects of leaching on saline soils of sistan region, southeast of iranwere examined using unsaturat...

Semi-arid regions are under high pressure to supply the required food for their rapidly-increasing populations. This, together with the harsh climatic conditions and changes in land use accelerates land degradation processes, which eventually leads to yield reduction. Conventional sensor systems provide data in only a few spectral bands, which can be, to a given extent, used to model the reflec...

Freshwater biota experience physiological challenges in regions affected by salinization, but often the effects on particular species are poorly understood. Freshwater turtles are of particular concern as they appear to have limited ability to cope with environmental conditions that are hyperosmotic to their body fluids. Here, we determined the physiological responses of two Australian freshwat...

As the climate changes, the effects of agriculture on the environment may change. In the future, an increasing frequency of climate extremes, such as droughts, heat waves, and excess moisture, is expected. Past research on the interaction between environment and resources has focused on climate change effects on various sectors, including agricultural production (especially crop production), bu...

Conventional water resources of good quality are scarce especially in arid and semiarid regions. The salinization of soils and water places is a substantial constraint of crop productivity. The mixed application of fresh water along with seawater is becoming a common practice by the farmers near sea sides in the developing countries. Seawaters contain beneficial nutrients that can be useful for...