Research Progress on the Role of Microorganisms in the Remediation of Saline-alkali Land

Saline-alkali land, serving as a crucial reserve land resource, is widely distributed in China. Enhancing soil quality to unlock the agricultural potential of these lands is of great importance to ensure national food security and promote sustainable socioeconomic development. Notably, saline-alkali...

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Main Authors: Ruibo SUN, Fengling ZHANG, Jingwen ZONG, Cong LUO, Kaixuan LI, Ying WANG, Lin CHEN
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Published: Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2025-02-01
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author Ruibo SUN
Fengling ZHANG
Jingwen ZONG
Cong LUO
Kaixuan LI
Ying WANG
Lin CHEN
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Fengling ZHANG
Jingwen ZONG
Cong LUO
Kaixuan LI
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Lin CHEN
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description Saline-alkali land, serving as a crucial reserve land resource, is widely distributed in China. Enhancing soil quality to unlock the agricultural potential of these lands is of great importance to ensure national food security and promote sustainable socioeconomic development. Notably, saline-alkali soils harbor diverse microbial resources with multifaceted functions. As the most active components within soil ecosystems, microorganisms play pivotal roles in improving soil structure, enhancing soil fertility, and facilitating plant growth. The strategic exploitation of these microbial resources represents a promising approach for saline-alkali soil remediation. Nevertheless, substantial challenges persist in developing microorganism-based amelioration technologies, as there are still lack of comprehensive understanding of microbial community assembly mechanisms, pathways for regulating ecological functions, and plant-microbe mutualistic interactions in saline-alkali environments, and the inherent environmental sensitivity of microbial communities further compounds these limitations. This paper summarizes the main functional microbial resources in saline-alkali land, outlines the primary pathways through microorganisms to enhance soil quality, promote plant growth and stress resistance, and boost crop productivity. It also systematically reviews the current main methods and research progress in utilizing microorganisms for saline-alkali soil remediation, and discusses the challenges faced in this progress as well as future research content and directions, with the aim of promoting the development of microbial ecological research in saline-alkali land and providing microbiological solutions for saline-alkali soil remediation.
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spelling doaj-art-3f7b63fea5e243cb9cf493908bd84ea92025-08-20T01:51:41ZengGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangdong nongye kexue1004-874X2025-02-01522143010.16768/j.issn.1004-874X.2025.02.002202502002Research Progress on the Role of Microorganisms in the Remediation of Saline-alkali LandRuibo SUN0Fengling ZHANG1Jingwen ZONG2Cong LUO3Kaixuan LI4Ying WANG5Lin CHEN6College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University/Anhui Province Key Lab of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Nutrient Utilization/Key Laboratory of Jianghuai Arable Land Resources Protection and Eco-restoration, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hefei 230036, ChinaCollege of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University/Anhui Province Key Lab of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Nutrient Utilization/Key Laboratory of Jianghuai Arable Land Resources Protection and Eco-restoration, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hefei 230036, ChinaCollege of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University/Anhui Province Key Lab of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Nutrient Utilization/Key Laboratory of Jianghuai Arable Land Resources Protection and Eco-restoration, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hefei 230036, ChinaCollege of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University/Anhui Province Key Lab of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Nutrient Utilization/Key Laboratory of Jianghuai Arable Land Resources Protection and Eco-restoration, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hefei 230036, ChinaCollege of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University/Anhui Province Key Lab of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Nutrient Utilization/Key Laboratory of Jianghuai Arable Land Resources Protection and Eco-restoration, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hefei 230036, ChinaCollege of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University/Anhui Province Key Lab of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Nutrient Utilization/Key Laboratory of Jianghuai Arable Land Resources Protection and Eco-restoration, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hefei 230036, ChinaInstitute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, ChinaSaline-alkali land, serving as a crucial reserve land resource, is widely distributed in China. Enhancing soil quality to unlock the agricultural potential of these lands is of great importance to ensure national food security and promote sustainable socioeconomic development. Notably, saline-alkali soils harbor diverse microbial resources with multifaceted functions. As the most active components within soil ecosystems, microorganisms play pivotal roles in improving soil structure, enhancing soil fertility, and facilitating plant growth. The strategic exploitation of these microbial resources represents a promising approach for saline-alkali soil remediation. Nevertheless, substantial challenges persist in developing microorganism-based amelioration technologies, as there are still lack of comprehensive understanding of microbial community assembly mechanisms, pathways for regulating ecological functions, and plant-microbe mutualistic interactions in saline-alkali environments, and the inherent environmental sensitivity of microbial communities further compounds these limitations. This paper summarizes the main functional microbial resources in saline-alkali land, outlines the primary pathways through microorganisms to enhance soil quality, promote plant growth and stress resistance, and boost crop productivity. It also systematically reviews the current main methods and research progress in utilizing microorganisms for saline-alkali soil remediation, and discusses the challenges faced in this progress as well as future research content and directions, with the aim of promoting the development of microbial ecological research in saline-alkali land and providing microbiological solutions for saline-alkali soil remediation.http://gdnykx.cnjournals.org/gdnykx/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=202502002saline-alkali soil remediationfunctional microorganismssaline-alkali resistant microorganismsmicrobial remediationamelioration mechanismsregulation of microbial community
spellingShingle Ruibo SUN
Fengling ZHANG
Jingwen ZONG
Cong LUO
Kaixuan LI
Ying WANG
Lin CHEN
Research Progress on the Role of Microorganisms in the Remediation of Saline-alkali Land
Guangdong nongye kexue
saline-alkali soil remediation
functional microorganisms
saline-alkali resistant microorganisms
microbial remediation
amelioration mechanisms
regulation of microbial community
title Research Progress on the Role of Microorganisms in the Remediation of Saline-alkali Land
title_full Research Progress on the Role of Microorganisms in the Remediation of Saline-alkali Land
title_fullStr Research Progress on the Role of Microorganisms in the Remediation of Saline-alkali Land
title_full_unstemmed Research Progress on the Role of Microorganisms in the Remediation of Saline-alkali Land
title_short Research Progress on the Role of Microorganisms in the Remediation of Saline-alkali Land
title_sort research progress on the role of microorganisms in the remediation of saline alkali land
topic saline-alkali soil remediation
functional microorganisms
saline-alkali resistant microorganisms
microbial remediation
amelioration mechanisms
regulation of microbial community
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