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A major problem for irrigated agricultural production in arid and semi-arid environments is salinization of land. Irrigated land accounts for about one third of the world's food, but nearly one fifth of irrigated lands are salt affected and suffer from reduced yield due to soil …

The human population is growing rapidly but the agricultural system for feeding humans and their livestock is strained. Freshwater depletion, salinization of soils, seawater encroaching onto farmland, and climate change are some of the factors creating demand for novel agricultu…