CHAPTER 1.BASIC CONCEPTS ON SALINIZATION
  1.INTRODUCTION
  2.SALT-AFFECTED SOILS
    2.1  Saline soil
    2.2  Sodic soil
    2.3  Saline-sodic soil
  3.EXTENT OF SALT-AFFECTED SOILS
  4.ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS
    4.1  Economic impacts
    4.2  Environmental impacts
    4.3  Social impacts
  5.SOIL SALINIZATION DUE TO IRRIGATION PRACTICES
  6.SALINE SEEPAGE
  7.MANAGEMENT OF SALINITY PROBLEMS
    7.1  Salinity control and methods of irigation
    7.2  Reclamation of salt-affected soils -
    7.3  Leaching and drainage (hydro-engineering
    7.4  Other water-related issues.
  8.SALINE AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY
    8.1  Diversity in plant salt tolerance
    8.2  Screening techniques for salt tolerance
    8.3  Crop growth/production on slightly and moderately salt-affected soils
    8.4  Revegetation of highly saline soils
  9.FARMERS' PARTICIPATORY APPROACH AND COMMUNITY-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    9.1  Farmers' participatory approach in salinity assessment and mapping at farm level
    9.2  Community-based natural resource management
  REFERENCES
CHAPTER 2.LAND AND WATER SALINITY
  1.INTRODUCTION
  2.WORLD LAND AND WATER RESOURCES
    2.1  Land resources
    2.2  Water resources
    2.3  Global water use
    2.4  Population growth
  3.HISTORICAL ASPECTS RELATED TO SALINITY
    3.1  Mesopotamia
    3.2  India
  4.CAUSES OF SOIL SALINITY
    4.1  Salinity and waterlogging
    4.2  Changes in land use
    4.3  Dryland salinity
  5.CLASSIFICATION OF SALT-AFFECTED SOILS
  6.EFFECTS OF SALINITY.
  7.SOIL SODICITY
    7.1  Use of gypsum
    7.2  Effects of soil sodicity
  8.EXTENT OF SALT-AFFECTED SOILS
  9.MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF SALINITY
    9.1  Determination of soil salinity from electrical conductivity
    9.2  Determination of field salinity from bulk soil electrical conductivity
    9.3  Measuring soil and water sodicity
  10.IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  REFERENCES
CHAPTER 3.EFFECTS OF SALINITY ON PLANTS
  1.INTRODUCTION
    1.1  Halophytes
    1.2  Glycophytes
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CHAPTER 4.ADVANCES IN BREEDING WHEAT FOR SALT TOLERANCE
CHAPTER 5.PROGRESS ON THE PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETIC RESEARCH FOR SALT TOLERANCE IN RICE
CHAPTER 6.ADVANCES IN BREEDING BARLEY FOR SALT TOLERANCE
CHAPTER 7.GENETICS AND BREEDING SOYBEAN FOR SALT TOLERANCE
CHAPTER 8.CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
PROTOCOL Ⅰ IN VITRO MUTAGENESIS PROTOCOLS FOR BREEDING SALT-TOLERANT WHEAT
PROTOCOL Ⅱ HAPLOID CELL ENGINEERING PROTOCOLS FOR BREEDING SALT-TOLERANT BARLEY
PROTOCOL Ⅲ IN VITRO MUTAGENESIS PROTOCOLS FOR THE SELECTION OF SALT-TOLERANT RICE
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