What is it about?
The high accumulation of sodium in soil profile causes its degradation. Such soils can only be made cultivable if excess sodium is removed from soil profile. There are many techniques to remove sodium but using salt tolerant plants is much easier and environmental friendly. We used Phragmites (common reed) to reclaim the soil by removing excess sodium from soil profile.
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Why is it important?
Phragmites australis (common reed) has been shown to remove pollutants from land and water but its use as sodium remover is first time reported in this research. The common reed is very common, cheap and easily available source so it can be used easily by the farmers and land managers.
Perspectives
This article is an outcome of great effort and it provided great pleasure because it is a result of team work. The publishing experience with journal of high repute was also great. The research presented in this article may be has little importance to some people but it is important in the sense that it highlights the effectiveness of cheapest and common source for cleaning sodium from soil profile.
Dr. Saeed Akhter Abro
Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Sindh, Jamshoro
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This page is a summary of: Desodification from calcareous saline sodic soil through phytoremediation with Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. and gypsum, International Journal of Phytoremediation, May 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2017.1328395.
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