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FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR PLANTS, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHAT KIND OF SALT WE USE ON THE ROADS IN WINTER

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11.14.2023

Increased salinity in soils is a global problem caused for example by ions leaching into soils from ice-melting salts used on roads in winter or from seawater seepage in coastal areas. Salinisation of farmland affects more than one and a half billion people worldwide. Researchers at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) investigated how high salt concentrations affect the development of wheat seedlings, which germinate deep in the soil, and what can be done to reduce the damage caused by salinisation.  


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