Management of Salt Affected Soils and Waters

Contents: Preface. 1. Salt-affected soils - their limitations and potentialities/L.L. Somani and K.L. Totawat. 2. Soil salinity, plant growth and microbes/H.N. Gour and A. Kumar. 3. Use of amendments for reclamation of salt-affected soils/L.L. Somani and K.L. Totawat. 4. Land management for salt-affected soils/L.L. Somani, M.C. Mundra, D.L. Lavti and K.C. Laddha. 5. New vistas in halotolerance/A. Kumar and H.N. Gour. 6. Fertilizer management in salt-affected soils/K.L. Totawat and L.L. Somani. 7. Drainage for salt-affected soils/R.V. Singh and K.L. Totawat. 8. Quality and suitability of saline water for irrigation/L.L. Somani and K.L. Totawat. 9. Saline waters - its effect on soils and plants/D.C. Joshi and B.L. Jain. 10. Irrigation technology and water management/L.L. Somani. 11. Osmoregulatory mechanisms - their role and extent in plant salt resistance/S.K. Sharma. 12. Crop husbandry for salt-affected soils/L.L. Somani, G.L. Sharma and R.K. Mehra. 13. Afforestation of salt-affected soils/G.N. Gupta and Premlal. 14. Breeding and screening techniques for salt tolerance in crop plants/S.R. Maloo. 15. Transfer of soil reclamation technology/S.L. Intodia and Rekha Upadhyaya. 16. Physiology of salt tolerance/S.K. Sharma, G.L. Maliwal, L.L. Simani and S.L. Mundra. 17. Bioremediation phytoremediation of salt affected soils/L.L. Somani. 18. Glossary of technical terms related to salinity/H.S. Purohit, S.L. Mundra and L.L. Somani. Glossary.…