The salt affected soil and saline waters are widespread in several countries of the world and presents a serious problem of immense practical importance for crop producation because of their peculiar inhospitable characteristics for plant growth deespite tnherent potentialities. Faced with the dilemma of salinity for a long time, mankind considered salt affected soils as uncultivable waste lands and confined their energies to better soil. The need for extending cultivation on such hitherto lying barren lands on account of increasing demographic pressure and limited availability of good land for agriculture use, is urgently called for. only a thorough knowledge of management techniques will go a long way in optimal utilization of such lands.

The edited book contains chapters on various aspect of salt-affected soil, each contributed by scientists having considerable experience in the field. it includes information on origin, distribution, classification and diagnosis of salt affected soil besides techniques of successful crop producation on such soils.

The books is intended for students, research workers and planners to acquaint them the problems confronted in the successful crop producation in salt-affected soil and use of saline waters for irrigation.