The First IUSS Conference on Sodic Soil Reclamation held in Changchun

 

From July 30 to August 2, the first IUSS Conference on Sodic Soil Reclamation and the 2021 Annual Academic Conference of Salt-Affected Soils Specialty Committee of Soil Science Society of China (SSSC) were successfully held in Changchun, Jilin Province, China. More than 260 experts and scholars from more than 20 countries and regions participated in the conference. The conference was jointly organized by the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the People’s Government of Jilin Province, China. It was hosted by the Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, the CAS, and the Salt-affected Specialty Committee of the SSSC.

 

The theme of the conference was "Innovating the theory and technology of saline alkali soils improvement and utilization, promoting the high-quality green development of agriculture", which addressed the process and mechanism of soil salinization; the effects of salinization on soil physical and chemical properties; the monitoring, diagnosis and evaluation of soil salinization; irrigation, drainage and salinization; plant salt tolerance and salt tolerant plants breeding; and the principles and techniques of soil improvement in saline alkali land and the utilization of saline alkali land resources. It aims to build a communication platform for scholars, enterprises, and decision-makers, so as to promote the exchange of the latest scientific frontiers through a variety of modalities, such as academic reports, posters, and seminars. It provides useful references for the improvement and utilization of salt-affected soils in different regions of the world.