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Soil and Water Management for Sustained Agriculture in Alluvial Plains and Flood Plains Exposed to Salinity: A Case of Neretva River Valley

Salinisation, desertification and pollution are the biggest threat to soil fertility in costal river valleys around the Mediterranean basins. Risk of soil degradation in coastal river valleys is determined not only by the spatial characteristics of the area that can favour saltwater intrusions, but also by the physical and chemical properties of the soils, and the type of agricultural land use. The salinisation problem may also enhance trace metals mobilization, its bioavailability and phytoaccumulation. Hence, more holistic approach has to be applied in mitigation adverse effects of salinity on plant growth in saline environments. It is therefore particularly important to monitor and determine salinisation of soils and water in order to timely propose management measures which will slow down this process and/or reduce its adverse effects. This chapter present extensive field research on soil and water salinisation and experimental research on detrimental effects of soil and water salinity on crop production and metal phytoaccumulation. The represented research program was set out to develop and validate appropriate knowledge and technologies providing an important plank in achieving strategic objectives in environment protection and sustainable development.

Soil Salinity, Spatial and Temporal Variations, Water Quality, Agriculture in Saline Environment

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