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Virtual Special Issue on Coping with Effect of Soil Salinization---For Celebrating World Soil Day of 2021

1. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria-alleviators of abiotic stresses in soil: A review (Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1002016019608398) M Goswami and S Deka

2.  Diversity and versatile functions of metallothioneins produced by plants: A review (Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1002016020600224) SAEED-UR-RAHMAN, Muhammad KHALID, Nan HUI, Sadaf-Ilyas KAYANI, and Kexuan TANG

3. Siderophore-Producing Rhizobacteria as a Promising Tool for Empowering Plants to Cope with Iron Limitation in Saline Soils: A Review (Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1002016019608106) M J Ferreira, H Silva, and A Cunha

4. Impacts of land use and salinization on soil inorganic and organic carbon in the middle-lower Yellow River Delta (Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1002016021600188) Yang GUO, Xiujun WANG, Xianglan LI, Minggang XU, Yuan LI, Haonan ZHENG, Yongming LUO and Pete SMITH

5. Sensitivity analysis of the SWAP (Soil-Water-Atmosphere-Plant) model under different nitrogen applications and root distributions in saline soils  (Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1002016021600383)  Guoqing LEI, Wenzhi ZENG, Yonghua JIANG, Chang AO, Jingwei WU and Jiesheng HUANG

6. Autochthonous halotolerant plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria promote bacoside A yield of Bacopa monnieri (L.) Nash and phytoextraction of salt-affected soil  (Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1002016020600297)  Umesh PANKAJ, Durgesh Narain SINGH, Pooja MISHRA, Pooja GAUR, C.S. Vivek BABU, Karuna SHANKER and Rajesh Kumar VERMA

7. Halophile plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria induce salt tolerance traits in wheat seedlings (Triticum aestivum L.)  (Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1002016019608350)  Maryam SAFDARIAN, Hossein ASKARI, Ghorbanali NEMATZADEH and Adriano SOFO

8. Short-term effects of biochar and gypsum on soil hydraulic properties and sodicity in a saline-alkali soil (Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1002016018600517)  Yue ZHANG, Jingsong YANG, Rongjiang YAO, Xiangping WANG and Wenping XIE

9.  Information extraction and dynamic evaluation of soil salinization with a remote sensing method in a typical county on the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of China (Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1002016017604788)  Xiaoguang ZHANG, Biao HUANG and Feng LIU

10. Soil aggregation and aggregate-associated organic carbon under typical natural halophyte communities in arid saline areas of Northwest China  (Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1002016017603308)  Zhibo CHENG, Jingya Wang, William J. GALE, Haichang YANG and Fenghua ZHANG

11.  Combined application of a straw layer and flue gas desulphurization gypsum to reduce soil salinity and alkalinity (Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1002016017604806) Yonggan Zhao, Yan Li, Shujuan Wang, Jin WANG and Lizhen XU

12.  Water, Salt and Heat Influences on Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in Seasonally Frozen Soils in Hetao Irrigation District, Inner Mongolia, China (Available at  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1002016017604636)  Mousong WU,  Jiesheng HUANG, Xiao TAN and Jingwei WU

13.  Accumulation and Output of Heavy Metals by the Invasive Plant Spartina alterniflora in a Coastal Salt Marsh (Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1002016017603692) Lian CHEN, Jianhua GAO, Qingguang ZHU, Yaping WANG and Yang YANG

14. Extracts from Marine Macroalgae and Opuntia ficus-indica Cladodes Enhance Halotolerance and Enzymatic Potential of Diazotrophic Rhizobacteria and Their Impact on Wheat Germination Under Salt Stress (Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1002016017603333)  Abdelwahab RAI, Ameur CHERIF, Cristina CRUZ, Elhafid NABTI