Dr Jagdish Chander Dagar, Former Assistant Director General and Emeritus Scientist at ICAR, has pursued agricultural, ecological and agroforestry research and has published more than 280 papers in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and in conference/symposium proceedings. He has also authored/ edited 12 books. His research interests include biosaline agriculture, agroforestry, management of natural resources, rehabilitation of degraded lands, biodrainage, ethnobotany, plant ecology, climate change, and sustainable agriculture and policy. He has received several awards in recognition of his work, such as the Sajjad Memorial Gold Medal, ICAR Hari Om Asharam Trust Award, the UGC Swami Pranavananda Saraswati National Award, CSSRI Excellence Award on Soil Salinity & Water Management, and Dr KG Tejwani Award for Excellence in Agroforestry Research & Development. Further, he is fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and several other professional societies. He has also served as a consultant for various national and international agencies, including such as FAO of the UN, CIMMYT, and Haryana Forest Department. Dr Dagar is Chief Editor of the Journal of Soil Salinity & Water Quality. Dr Rajender Kumar Yadav is currently Principal Scientist & Head of the Division of Soil and Crop Management, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, India. An agronomist by training, he has published 53 research papers in high-impact, peer-reviewed Journals, 46 papers in the proceedings of national and international conferences/symposia and book chapters and written 10 books/bulletins. Dr Yadav received the National Groundwater Augmentation Award (Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India), Ganesh Sankar Vidyarthi Puruskar (ICAR), and a Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Australia fellowship. He is a fellow of the India Society of Agronomy and isinvolved in a number of major national and international projects. He is a fellow and General Secretary of the Indian Society of Soil Salinity & Water Quality and an member of several scientific professional societies.Dr Parbodh Chander Sharma is currently Director of the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal (India), and was previously program leader for improvement of rice, wheat, Indian mustard and chickpea for salt tolerance and high yield as Head, Division of Crop Improvement. He has made significant contributions to our understanding of the physiological mechanisms under salinity stress in different crops and was involved in developing salt-tolerant, high-yielding genotypes of Indian mustard (CS 56, CS 58 and CS 60), rice (CSR 46) and wheat (KRL 283), as well as improving three popular mega varieties of rice (Pusa 44, PR 114 and Sarjoo 52) for salinity tolerance by introgression of SALTOL QTL following molecular marker assisted backcross breeding. He was also involved in developing crop and resource management practices for sustainable future cereal-based systems in line with conservation agriculture.  He has been awarded fellowships of three professional societies and has been the President of the Indian Society of Soil Salinity and Water Quality since 2016. He has published more than 100 research papers in peer-reviewed, research journals.

• Part 1. Introduction, History and Perspectives.- Chapter 1. Historical perspectives and dynamics of nature, extent, classification and management of salt-affected soils and waters.- Chapter 2. A brief review on soil salinity mapping by optical and radar remote sensing.- Chapter 3. Synergy between Sentinel-MSI and Landsat-OLI to support high temporal frequency for soil salinity monitoring in an arid landscape.- Chapter 4. Modern technologies for diagnosis and prognosis of salt-affected soils and poor-quality waters.- Part 2. Drivers, Stressors and Indicators.- Chapter 5. Salinity tolerance indicator.- Chapter 6. Soil-plant-microbes interactions in salt-affected soils.- Chapter 7. Salt tolerant microbes in mangroves: ecological role and bioprospecting potential.- Chapter 8. The current understanding of mangrove forests of India.- Part 3. Salinization Mechanisms and Impacts.- Chapter 9. Causes and management of root-zone salinity and sodicity in the arid west Texas: field scale experience.- Chapter 10. Salinity induced physiological and molecular responses of halophytes.- Chapter 11. Characterization and problems of saline-sodic Vertisols and their management options.- Chapter 12. Carbon dynamics in salt-affected soils.- Chapter 13. Engineered polymeric and nano-materials for taming salty soils and waters used for crop production.- Chapter 14. Potential pollutants in soil system: impacts and remediation.- Chapter 15. Groundwater pollution through different contaminants: Indian scenario.- Chapter 16. Tree-based systems for enhancing environmental services of saline environments.- Part 4. Management Opportunities and Strategies.- Chapter 17. Identification, evaluation and domestication of alternative crops for saline environments.- Chapter 18. Engineering and biological approaches for drainage of irrigated lands in India.- Chapter 19. Reclamation of salt-affected soils in drylands of Ethiopia: a review.- Chapter 20. Reviving the productivity of salt-affected lands: Technological options, constraints and research needs.- Chapter 21. Coastal saline soils of India: problems, reclamative measures and management strategies.- Chapter 22. Agro-interventions for sustainable management of salt-affected Vertisols in India.- Chapter 23. Saline agroforestry- a hanging fruit for saline waterlogged ecologies.- Chapter 24. Fruit and vegetable-based saline agricultural systems for nutritional and livelihood security.- Chapter 25. Integrated farming system approach for managing saline and waterlogged ecologies.- Chapter 26. Use of poor-quality waters for agricultural production.- Chapter 27. Management of sodic waters in agriculture.- Part 5. Impact Assessment, Policies and Socio-economic Issues.- Chapter 28. Approaches and methodologies to socio-economic synergies with ecological sciences.- Chapter 29. Management of salt-affected soil: Gender and socioeconomic dimensions for sustainable livelihoods.- Chapter 30. Autonomous adaptation strategies to multiple stressors:a case study with marginal communities in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India.- Chapter 31. Future research needs: way forward for combating salinity in climate change scenario.

Dr Jagdish Chander Dagar, Former Assistant Director General and Emeritus Scientist at ICAR, has pursued agricultural, ecological and agroforestry research and has published more than 280 papers in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and in conference/symposium proceedings. He has also authored/ edited 12 books. His research interests include biosaline agriculture, agroforestry, management of natural resources, rehabilitation of degraded lands, biodrainage, ethnobotany, plant ecology, climate change, and sustainable agriculture and policy. He has received several awards in recognition of his work, such as the Sajjad Memorial Gold Medal, ICAR Hari Om Asharam Trust Award, the UGC Swami Pranavananda Saraswati National Award, CSSRI Excellence Award on Soil Salinity & Water Management, and Dr KG Tejwani Award for Excellence in Agroforestry Research & Development. Further, he is fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and several other professional societies. He has also served as a consultant for various national and international agencies, including such as FAO of the UN, CIMMYT, and Haryana Forest Department. Dr Dagar is Chief Editor of the Journal of Soil Salinity & Water Quality. Dr Rajender Kumar Yadav is currently Principal Scientist & Head of the Division of Soil and Crop Management, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, India. An agronomist by training, he has published 53 research papers in high-impact, peer-reviewed Journals, 46 papers in the proceedings of national and international conferences/symposia and book chapters and written 10 books/bulletins. Dr Yadav received the National Groundwater Augmentation Award (Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India), Ganesh Sankar Vidyarthi Puruskar (ICAR), and a Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Australia fellowship. He is a fellow of the India Society of Agronomy and isinvolved in a number of major national and international projects. He is a fellow and General Secretary of the Indian Society of Soil Salinity & Water Quality and an member of several scientific professional societies.Dr Parbodh Chander Sharma is currently Director of the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal (India), and was previously program leader for improvement of rice, wheat, Indian mustard and chickpea for salt tolerance and high yield as Head, Division of Crop Improvement. He has made significant contributions to our understanding of the physiological mechanisms under salinity stress in different crops and was involved in developing salt-tolerant, high-yielding genotypes of Indian mustard (CS 56, CS 58 and CS 60), rice (CSR 46) and wheat (KRL 283), as well as improving three popular mega varieties of rice (Pusa 44, PR 114 and Sarjoo 52) for salinity tolerance by introgression of SALTOL QTL following molecular marker assisted backcross breeding. He was also involved in developing crop and resource management practices for sustainable future cereal-based systems in line with conservation agriculture.  He has been awarded fellowships of three professional societies and has been the President of the Indian Society of Soil Salinity and Water Quality since 2016. He has published more than 100 research papers in peer-reviewed, research journals.

• Part 1. Introduction, History and Perspectives.- Chapter 1. Historical perspectives and dynamics of nature, extent, classification and management of salt-affected soils and waters.- Chapter 2. A brief review on soil salinity mapping by optical and radar remote sensing.- Chapter 3. Synergy between Sentinel-MSI and Landsat-OLI to support high temporal frequency for soil salinity monitoring in an arid landscape.- Chapter 4. Modern technologies for diagnosis and prognosis of salt-affected soils and poor-quality waters.- Part 2. Drivers, Stressors and Indicators.- Chapter 5. Salinity tolerance indicator.- Chapter 6. Soil-plant-microbes interactions in salt-affected soils.- Chapter 7. Salt tolerant microbes in mangroves: ecological role and bioprospecting potential.- Chapter 8. The current understanding of mangrove forests of India.- Part 3. Salinization Mechanisms and Impacts.- Chapter 9. Causes and management of root-zone salinity and sodicity in the arid west Texas: field scale experience.- Chapter 10. Salinity induced physiological and molecular responses of halophytes.- Chapter 11. Characterization and problems of saline-sodic Vertisols and their management options.- Chapter 12. Carbon dynamics in salt-affected soils.- Chapter 13. Engineered polymeric and nano-materials for taming salty soils and waters used for crop production.- Chapter 14. Potential pollutants in soil system: impacts and remediation.- Chapter 15. Groundwater pollution through different contaminants: Indian scenario.- Chapter 16. Tree-based systems for enhancing environmental services of saline environments.- Part 4. Management Opportunities and Strategies.- Chapter 17. Identification, evaluation and domestication of alternative crops for saline environments.- Chapter 18. Engineering and biological approaches for drainage of irrigated lands in India.- Chapter 19. Reclamation of salt-affected soils in drylands of Ethiopia: a review.- Chapter 20. Reviving the productivity of salt-affected lands: Technological options, constraints and research needs.- Chapter 21. Coastal saline soils of India: problems, reclamative measures and management strategies.- Chapter 22. Agro-interventions for sustainable management of salt-affected Vertisols in India.- Chapter 23. Saline agroforestry- a hanging fruit for saline waterlogged ecologies.- Chapter 24. Fruit and vegetable-based saline agricultural systems for nutritional and livelihood security.- Chapter 25. Integrated farming system approach for managing saline and waterlogged ecologies.- Chapter 26. Use of poor-quality waters for agricultural production.- Chapter 27. Management of sodic waters in agriculture.- Part 5. Impact Assessment, Policies and Socio-economic Issues.- Chapter 28. Approaches and methodologies to socio-economic synergies with ecological sciences.- Chapter 29. Management of salt-affected soil: Gender and socioeconomic dimensions for sustainable livelihoods.- Chapter 30. Autonomous adaptation strategies to multiple stressors:a case study with marginal communities in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India.- Chapter 31. Future research needs: way forward for combating salinity in climate change scenario.

Dr Jagdish Chander Dagar, Former Assistant Director General and Emeritus Scientist at ICAR, has pursued agricultural, ecological and agroforestry research and has published more than 280 papers in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and in conference/symposium proceedings. He has also authored/ edited 12 books. His research interests include biosaline agriculture, agroforestry, management of natural resources, rehabilitation of degraded lands, biodrainage, ethnobotany, plant ecology, climate change, and sustainable agriculture and policy. He has received several awards in recognition of his work, such as the Sajjad Memorial Gold Medal, ICAR Hari Om Asharam Trust Award, the UGC Swami Pranavananda Saraswati National Award, CSSRI Excellence Award on Soil Salinity & Water Management, and Dr KG Tejwani Award for Excellence in Agroforestry Research & Development. Further, he is fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and several other professional societies. He has also served as a consultant for various national and international agencies, including such as FAO of the UN, CIMMYT, and Haryana Forest Department. Dr Dagar is Chief Editor of the Journal of Soil Salinity & Water Quality. Dr Rajender Kumar Yadav is currently Principal Scientist & Head of the Division of Soil and Crop Management, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, India. An agronomist by training, he has published 53 research papers in high-impact, peer-reviewed Journals, 46 papers in the proceedings of national and international conferences/symposia and book chapters and written 10 books/bulletins. Dr Yadav received the National Groundwater Augmentation Award (Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India), Ganesh Sankar Vidyarthi Puruskar (ICAR), and a Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Australia fellowship. He is a fellow of the India Society of Agronomy and isinvolved in a number of major national and international projects. He is a fellow and General Secretary of the Indian Society of Soil Salinity & Water Quality and an member of several scientific professional societies.Dr Parbodh Chander Sharma is currently Director of the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal (India), and was previously program leader for improvement of rice, wheat, Indian mustard and chickpea for salt tolerance and high yield as Head, Division of Crop Improvement. He has made significant contributions to our understanding of the physiological mechanisms under salinity stress in different crops and was involved in developing salt-tolerant, high-yielding genotypes of Indian mustard (CS 56, CS 58 and CS 60), rice (CSR 46) and wheat (KRL 283), as well as improving three popular mega varieties of rice (Pusa 44, PR 114 and Sarjoo 52) for salinity tolerance by introgression of SALTOL QTL following molecular marker assisted backcross breeding. He was also involved in developing crop and resource management practices for sustainable future cereal-based systems in line with conservation agriculture.  He has been awarded fellowships of three professional societies and has been the President of the Indian Society of Soil Salinity and Water Quality since 2016. He has published more than 100 research papers in peer-reviewed, research journals.

• Part 1. Introduction, History and Perspectives.- Chapter 1. Historical perspectives and dynamics of nature, extent, classification and management of salt-affected soils and waters.- Chapter 2. A brief review on soil salinity mapping by optical and radar remote sensing.- Chapter 3. Synergy between Sentinel-MSI and Landsat-OLI to support high temporal frequency for soil salinity monitoring in an arid landscape.- Chapter 4. Modern technologies for diagnosis and prognosis of salt-affected soils and poor-quality waters.- Part 2. Drivers, Stressors and Indicators.- Chapter 5. Salinity tolerance indicator.- Chapter 6. Soil-plant-microbes interactions in salt-affected soils.- Chapter 7. Salt tolerant microbes in mangroves: ecological role and bioprospecting potential.- Chapter 8. The current understanding of mangrove forests of India.- Part 3. Salinization Mechanisms and Impacts.- Chapter 9. Causes and management of root-zone salinity and sodicity in the arid west Texas: field scale experience.- Chapter 10. Salinity induced physiological and molecular responses of halophytes.- Chapter 11. Characterization and problems of saline-sodic Vertisols and their management options.- Chapter 12. Carbon dynamics in salt-affected soils.- Chapter 13. Engineered polymeric and nano-materials for taming salty soils and waters used for crop production.- Chapter 14. Potential pollutants in soil system: impacts and remediation.- Chapter 15. Groundwater pollution through different contaminants: Indian scenario.- Chapter 16. Tree-based systems for enhancing environmental services of saline environments.- Part 4. Management Opportunities and Strategies.- Chapter 17. Identification, evaluation and domestication of alternative crops for saline environments.- Chapter 18. Engineering and biological approaches for drainage of irrigated lands in India.- Chapter 19. Reclamation of salt-affected soils in drylands of Ethiopia: a review.- Chapter 20. Reviving the productivity of salt-affected lands: Technological options, constraints and research needs.- Chapter 21. Coastal saline soils of India: problems, reclamative measures and management strategies.- Chapter 22. Agro-interventions for sustainable management of salt-affected Vertisols in India.- Chapter 23. Saline agroforestry- a hanging fruit for saline waterlogged ecologies.- Chapter 24. Fruit and vegetable-based saline agricultural systems for nutritional and livelihood security.- Chapter 25. Integrated farming system approach for managing saline and waterlogged ecologies.- Chapter 26. Use of poor-quality waters for agricultural production.- Chapter 27. Management of sodic waters in agriculture.- Part 5. Impact Assessment, Policies and Socio-economic Issues.- Chapter 28. Approaches and methodologies to socio-economic synergies with ecological sciences.- Chapter 29. Management of salt-affected soil: Gender and socioeconomic dimensions for sustainable livelihoods.- Chapter 30. Autonomous adaptation strategies to multiple stressors:a case study with marginal communities in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India.- Chapter 31. Future research needs: way forward for combating salinity in climate change scenario.