Global Symposium on Salt-affected Soils' Scientific Poster Contest
WINNERS OF THE SCIENTIFIC POSTER CONTEST
With nearly 70 000 votes in less than 48 hours the scientific poster contest was a great success! Poster number 49: ‘Sustainable rehabilitation, bridging yield gaps and increasing farmers’ income in salt affected rice–wheat agroecosystems: A farmers’ participatory assessment’ by Parvender Sheoran won the 1st prize with 4 546 votes. Second and third prizes went to posters number 53: ‘Effect of irrigation management on soil properties, growth and yield of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) in waterlogged saline Vertisols under Tungabhadra Project Command area’ by Rajkumar, R. H with 4 100 votes and to poster number 59: ‘Integrated use organic and inorganic amendments for management of calcareous sodic soils in eastern India’ by Shiveshwar Pratap Singh with 3 133 votes, respectively.
List of the first ten classified
1st prize - Poster #49: ‘Sustainable rehabilitation, bridging yield gaps and increasing farmers’ income in salt affected rice–wheat agroecosystems: A farmers’ participatory assessment’, Parvender Sheoran - 4 546 votes
2nd prize - Poster #53: ‘Effect of irrigation management on soil properties, growth and yield of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) in waterlogged saline Vertisols under Tungabhadra Project Command area’, Rajkumar, R. H - 4 100 votes
3rd prize - Poster #59: ‘Integrated use organic and inorganic amendments for management of calcareous sodic soils in eastern India’, Shiveshwar Pratap Singh - 3 133 votes
4th prize - Poster #8 Digital assessment of soil salinity across Paraguay, Arnulfo Encina Rojas – 2762 votes
5th prize - Poster #56 Using water hyacinth as soil amendment to reclaim and boost productivity of calcareous sodic soils, Sanjay Arora - 2561 votes
6th prize - Poster #25 Salt-affected soils in Colombia: modelling study case in CAR zone, Rosalina Gonzalez – 1989 votes
7th prize - Poster #44 Physiological parameters of salt tolerance of Sorghum: water status and gas exchanges, Monaliza Alves dos Santos – 1966 votes
8th prize - Poster #51 Sandalwood (Santalum album L.): a possible high-value tree species for the saline soils, Raj Kumar – 1932 votes
9th prize - Poster #1 Salinity risk mapping using an integrate approach and land cover in semi-arid area, Morocco, Abdelwahed Chaaou – 1679 votes
10th prize - Poster #2 Saline soils in the Baixada Maranhense: a case study in Maranhão state, Brazil, Alba Leonor da Silva Martins - 1506 votes
Vote for your favourite GSAS21 scientific poster!
From the first day of the Global Symposium on Salt-affected Soils (GSAS21), participants will be asked to give their opinion and vote for their favorite scientific poster. GSAS21 participants and their colleagues will select the winners of the poster contest by voting for their favourite by actual 'liking' their choices. The three best scientific posters will be announced on the last day of the Symposium (22 October 2021) and win soil-related prizes.
*PLEASE NOTE: You can vote for more than one scientific poster. However, one person can give only one vote for each single poster.
1. Salinity risk mapping using an integrate approach and land cover in semi-arid area, Morocco
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Abdelwahed Chaaou
2. Saline soils in the Baixada Maranhense: a case study in Maranhão state, Brazil
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Alba Leonor da Silva Martins
3. Wheat salinity stress detection using VNIR spectrometry
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Ali Darvishi Boloorani
4. Salinization and sodification in irrigated agricultural areas in arid regions, Northern Patagonia Argentina
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Alicia Apcarian
5. Relations between the electrical conductivity and salt content for 1:5 soil-to-water extract: contribution of the salinity chemistry
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: *Amrakh I. Mamedov
6. Characterisation of different land uses in Pokkali ecosystem
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Anju Sajan
7. Characterization and modelling of salt-affected soils properties using VNIR hyperspectral data
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Arijit Barman
8. Digital assessment of soil salinity across Paraguay
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Arnulfo Encina Rojas
9. Salt Affected Soils in the Awash River Basin irrigation projects in Ethiopia
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Aweke M. Gelaw
10. Salt-affected soils in Bulgaria
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Biser Hristov
13. Characterization and classification of Natural and Altered wet land soils (Kaipad soils) of north Kerala, India
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: E. Purandhar
14. Impact of salinity on soil organic carbon in a semi-arid environment from 2000 to 2020 (Northwestern Algeria)
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Fatiha Faraoun
15. Cambisol endosalic of North-West Caspian region in the context of global climate change
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Gasanova Z.Ul.
16. The influence of the soil formation factors on the mapping of salt-affected soils on a national scale in South Africa
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Johannes Petrus Nell.
17. Statement of soil salinity in Burkina Faso
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Désiré Kabore
18. Investigation of short-scale soil spatial variability of a salt-affected land allotment in Maha-Illuppallama, Sri Lanka in support of applying site-specific soil management practices
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: M.D.P. Nayanarangani
20. Land capability and suitability maps of a salt affected costal area (Ravenna, Northern Italy)
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Mauro De Feudis
21. National study of soil degradation by salinization in Colombia
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Neira Mendez Fredy
22. Examination of chemical and physical properties of halomorphic soils in the Surčin area - Republic of Serbia
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Radmila Pivić
23. Minerals (carbonate and palygorskite) induced natural soil degradation (sodicity and poor drainage) in Vertisols of semi-arid Central India
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Ranjan Paul
24. Methods for the Analysis of Salt-Affected Soils
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Rich Ferguson
25. Salt-affected soils in Colombia: modelling study case in CAR zone
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Rosalina Gonzalez
27. Characterization of Spatial and Temporal Variability in Soil Salinity in Relationship to Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Productivity
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Sharon E. Benes
Not participating to the poster contest
30. Distribution of sodium-affected soils in the Amazon: genesis, characterization and agricultural aptitude
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Valdinar Ferreira Melo
31. Assessment of finger millet cultivars/landraces for performance, stability, and interrelationships among traits under contrasting irrigation water-salinity levels in Dubai
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Abidemi Talabi
32. Integrated management of nutrients from organic and inorganic sources increase productivity, soil health and climate resilience of sodic soils
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj
33. Preliminary surveys of natural plant species tolerant to severe salinity on the Al-Jabbul Lake banks
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Al-Mohamed Raed, Majar Ahmad
34. Inorganic and Organic Amendments and Irrigation Water Quality affect P Losses in Saline-sodic soil
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Arvind Kumar Rai
35. Reclamation of saline-sodic soils with gypsum and sulphur
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Demis Andrade Foronda
36. Innovative technology for increasing the fertility of saline soils
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Ibrayeva М.А.
37. Agricultural gypsum application in soils with of sodium: study in microlysimeters
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Johana Ballestero
38. Cover crops for the management of saline seeps in areas of high flooding risk
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Julián Isasti
40. Controlled subsurface drainage for the management of water table, soil salinity and nutrient losses in waterlogged saline vertisols of TBP command area of Karnataka, India
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Karegoudar A.V.
41. Preliminary surveys of natural plant species tolerant to severe salinity on the Al-Jabbul Lake banks
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: *Majar Ahmad
42. Opening a new door in the management of salt-affected soils with the use of pumice
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: *Marta Camps-Arbestain
43. Crop production in sodic soils: Can the corn take the water of the Btn horizon?
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: *Miguel A. Taboada
44. Physiological parameters of salt tolerance of Sorghum: water status and gas exchanges
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: *Monaliza Alves dos Santos
45. Exploration of desert halophytes plant for rehabilitation of saline soils through phytoremediation
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: *Muhammad Madneee
46. Deficit saline irrigation and mulch affect soil microbial activities under zero-tilled saline soil
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Nirmalendu Basak and Arvind Kumar Rai
47. OEvaluation of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) varieties for their tolerance to sodicity level for sustained productivity in salt affected soils
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: P.Balasubramaniam
48. Utilization of Flue gas desulfurization (FGD) Gypsum in Reclamation of Sodic soil
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Parul Sundha
49. Sustainable rehabilitation, bridging yield gaps and increasing farmers’ income in salt affected rice–wheat agroecosystems: A farmers’ participatory assessment
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Parvender Sheoran
50. Seaweed cultivation to harness the productivity of poorly drained saline lands
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Preeti Singh
51. Sandalwood (Santalum album L.): a possible high-value tree species for the saline soils
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: *Raj Kumar
53. Effect of irrigation management on soil properties, growth and yield of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) in waterlogged saline Vertisols under Tungabhadra Project Command area
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Rajkumar, R. H
54. Purslane as a super-high K accumulator Halophyte
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Rostam Yazdani Biouki
55. Salinity and prevention of wind erosion in the southeast of Lake Urmia
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Saghar Chakherlou
56. Using water hyacinth as soil amendment to reclaim and boost productivity of calcareous sodic soils
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Sanjay Arora
57. Subsurface drainage technology for reclamation of waterlogged saline soils - A case study of alluvial region
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Satyendra Kumar
58. Salinity amelioration in salt affected agriculture soils of semi-arid tropics through traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Seema B. Sharma
59. Integrated use organic and inorganic amendments for management of calcareous sodic soils in eastern India
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Shiveshwar Pratap Singh
61. Development of a system for salt removal, crop cultivation, and salt production that does not rely on a large-scale irrigation and drainage network
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Takashi KUME
62. Restoration of salt-affected soils is a function of soil profile diagnosis, and residual sodium carbonate of irrigation water in arid and semi-arid environments
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Waqar Ahmad
65. Salinity and prevention of wind erosion in the southeast of Lake Urmia
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Saghar Chakherlou
66. Forage production on halomorphic soils of the Flooding Pampa
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: *Raúl Silvio Lavado
68. Transforming homesteads of moderately saline area to adopt climate extremes in coastal region (Bangladesh)
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Shoaib, JU., Amerendu Biswas, Kazi Tabarak Hossain and Hoque, AFMM
69. Preliminary study of Salt affected soils in the Zona Bananera, Magdalena (Colombia)
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Rincon-Rodriguez C.A.
70. Soil electrical conductivity EC modelling based on LUCAS topsoil (2015-2018) using machine learning approach to classify salt affected soils
Year of publication: October 2021
Place of publication: Rome, Italy
Author: Calogero Schillaci*, Simone Scarpa, Luca Montanarella