Fields of the Future: Pivotal Role of Biosaline Agriculture in Farming

Gheyi, Hans Raj; Sandhu, Devinder; de Lacerda, Claudivan Feitosa

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“…Globally, more than 833 million hectares are salt-affected, and this extent is continuously increasing due to anthropogenic activities . Salinity is a major problem for crops across the globe, particularly in irrigated fields in semiarid and arid climates. , Soil salinity inhibits plant growth, disturbing plant physiological, biochemical, and molecular processes. − Soil salinity also reduces leaf water status and chlorophyll synthesis, and it damages the photosynthetic apparatus leading to a significant decrease in photosynthesis. , Moreover, salinity stress also increases ROS that damages membranes, proteins, and lipids, and it also causes osmotic and ionic toxicity, which negatively affects plant growth . Allelopathy is a natural process in which different organisms positively and negatively affect the functions of another organism by releasing secondary metabolites .…”

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“…25 Salinity is a major problem for crops across the globe, particularly in irrigated fields in semiarid and arid climates. 26 , 27 Soil salinity inhibits plant growth, disturbing plant physiological, biochemical, and molecular processes. 28 − 32 Soil salinity also reduces leaf water status and chlorophyll synthesis, and it damages the photosynthetic apparatus leading to a significant decrease in photosynthesis.…”

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Mitigation of Salinity Stress and Lead Toxicity in Maize by Exogenous Application of the Sorghum Water Extract

Rasool,

Alhaithloul,

Shahzad

et al. 2024

ACS Omega

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The increased concentration of lead (Pb) in soils is a serious threat to human beings and plants all over the world. Salinity stress is also a major issue across the globe, which limits crop productivity. The use of allelochemicals has become an effective strategy to mitigate the toxic effects of abiotic stresses. Sorghum is an important crop grown across the globe, and it also possesses an appreciably allelopathic potential. Therefore, this study was planned to determine the impacts of the sorghum water extract (SWE) on improving maize growth under Pb and salinity stress. The experiment included different treatments; control, SWE (3%), and different levels of Pb and salinity stress; T 1 : control, T 2 : 50 mM NaCl, T 3 : 100 mM NaCl, T 4 : 250 μM Pb, and T 5 : 500 μM Pb. Lead and salinity stress reduced the maize growth by the genesis of reactive oxygen species (ROS), as evidenced by higher production of malondialdehyde (MDA: 39.1 and 32.28%) and hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 : 20.62 and 17.81%). Spraying plants with SWE improved the maize growth by increasing antioxidant activities (ascorbate peroxidase: APX, catalase: CAT, peroxidase: POD and superoxide dismutase: SOD), photosynthetic pigments, relative water contents (RWC), osmolyte accumulation (proline, total soluble proteins: TSP, free amino acids: FAA), potassium accumulation, and decreasing MDA, H 2 O 2 , sodium, chloride, and Pb accumulation. In conclusion, the application of SWE mitigates adverse impacts of Pb and salinity stresses by improving chlorophyll synthesis and osmolyte accumulation, activating the antioxidant defense system, and preventing the entry of toxic ions.

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Mitigation of Salinity Stress and Lead Toxicity in Maize by Exogenous Application of the Sorghum Water Extract

Rasool,

Alhaithloul,

Shahzad

et al. 2024

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Effects of soil salinity on rice production and technical efficiency: Evidence from the northern coastal region of Central Java, Indonesia

Oelviani,

Adiyoga,

Suhendrata

et al. 2024

Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering

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Do moderate salinity and harvest stages interfere with gas exchange and quality of yellow melon fruits?

Araújo,

Costa,

Celin

et al. 2024

Rev. bras. eng. agríc. ambient.

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Salinity is one of the most limiting factors for agricultural productivity, as it affects both gas exchange and plant metabolism. However, with population growth and the constant search for alternatives to increase productivity, irrigation with water of moderate salinity appears to be feasible to enhance fruit cultivation in Brazil, especially in semi-arid regions, where most waters have high salt concentration and are the only available source for the producer. In this context, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of irrigation water salinity and harvest stages on gas exchange and post-harvest fruit quality of ‘Goldex’ yellow melon (Cucumis melo L.). The treatments consisted of two electrical conductivities of irrigation water (ECw - 0.8 and 4.0 dS m-1) and eight harvest stages (54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, and 68 days after transplanting), arranged in a 2 × 8 factorial scheme and a completely randomized design. Under the salinity conditions imposed during the evaluation stages, the ‘Goldex’ yellow melon maintained its basic gas exchanges stable. The mass and number of fruits per plant were reduced by the salinity of the irrigation water, but the fruits continued to be classified as marketable, which makes irrigation with saline water up to 4.0 dS m-1 a viable alternative for the production of yellow melon, especially in regions where there is low availability of good quality water, which can enhance fruit growing in the semi-arid region.

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Fields of the Future: Pivotal Role of Biosaline Agriculture in Farming

Abstract: Worldwide, groundwater quality is in decline, growing progressively saltier [...]

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Mitigation of Salinity Stress and Lead Toxicity in Maize by Exogenous Application of the Sorghum Water Extract

Mitigation of Salinity Stress and Lead Toxicity in Maize by Exogenous Application of the Sorghum Water Extract

Effects of soil salinity on rice production and technical efficiency: Evidence from the northern coastal region of Central Java, Indonesia

Do moderate salinity and harvest stages interfere with gas exchange and quality of yellow melon fruits?

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