Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Erciyes Agriculture, Animal & Food Sciences Conference, Kayseri, Türkiye, 24 - 27 Nisan 2019, ss.278-282
Soil salinity and sodicity are one of the major causes of the land degradation in the arid and semiarid regions of the world. Low rainfall and high evapotranspiration in these regions promote the upward movement of salts in the soil solution which adversely affect soil’s physical, chemical and biological properties. Thus, resource- use efficiency has a crucial role in agriculture as the shortage of water, nutrients, and land threaten the sustainability of the sector. Saline and sodic soils have numerous economic impacts on agriculture. There has been a considerable amount of research that has resulted in the development of methods to reclaim saline and sodic soil with pyrite, sulfuric acid, and gypsum. However, due to their limited availability and economic considerations, applying such practices has been limited at a large scale basis. Thus, research is being performed to use low-priced materials to have more feasible methods for amelioration of large infertile areas. Therefore, many researchers have turned to organic matter obtained from solid waste, recognized for its high capacity to improve the physico chemical and biological properties of soils for practical, economic and sustainable solutions. In this study, the literature review related to the subjects were evaluated and practical suggestions were developed.