Bazihizina Nadia, Papenbrock Jutta, Aronsson Henrik, Ben Hamed Karim, Elmaz Özkan, Dafku Zenepe, Custódio Luísa, Rodrigues Maria João, Atzori Giulia, Negacz Katarzyna
Department of Biology, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via Micheli 1, 50121 Florence, Italy.
Institute of Botany, Leibniz University Hannover, Herrenhäuser str. 2, D-30419 Hannover, Germany.
Plants (Basel). 2024 Aug 20;13(16):2322. doi: 10.3390/plants13162322.
Salinization is a major cause of soil degradation that affects several million hectares of agricultural land, threatening food security and the sustainability of agricultural systems worldwide. Nevertheless, despite the negative impact of salinity, salt-affected land also provides several important ecosystem services, from providing habitats and nurseries for numerous species to sustainable food production. This opinion paper, written in the framework of the EU COST Action CA22144 SUSTAIN on the sustainable use of salt-affected land, therefore, focuses on the potential of halophytes and saline agriculture to transform and restore key functions of these salt-affected and marginal lands. As the current knowledge on sustainable saline agriculture upscaling is fragmented, we highlight (i) the research gaps in halophyte and salinity research and (ii) the main barriers and potentials of saline agriculture for addressing food security and environmental sustainability in terms of population growth and climate change.
土壤盐渍化是土壤退化的主要原因，影响着数百万公顷的农业用地，威胁着全球粮食安全和农业系统的可持续性。然而，尽管盐度有负面影响，但受盐影响的土地也提供了一些重要的生态系统服务，从为众多物种提供栖息地和育苗场到可持续粮食生产。因此，这篇观点论文是在欧盟COST行动CA22144“受盐影响土地的可持续利用”框架内撰写的，重点关注盐生植物和盐碱农业在改造和恢复这些受盐影响和边缘土地关键功能方面的潜力。由于目前关于可持续盐碱农业扩大规模的知识零散，我们强调了（i）盐生植物和盐度研究中的研究空白，以及（ii）盐碱农业在应对人口增长和气候变化方面的粮食安全和环境可持续性的主要障碍和潜力。
