At the present stage of our country’s development, when agriculture is rapidly adopting advanced technologies, the issue of efficient use of soils is becoming increasingly urgent. Protecting irrigated soils and improving their ecological and meliorative condition through the application of agrotechnical, agromeliorative, and other measures, as well as increasing the efficiency of land resource utilization while preventing any adverse processes that may reduce soil fertility—particularly salinization and its consequences—has become one of the top priorities of today.

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