Superabsorbent Polymers as a Soil Amendment for Increasing Agriculture Production with Reducing Water Losses under Water Stress Condition
With an increasing population, world agriculture is facing many challenges, such as climate change, urbanization, the use of natural resources in a sustainable manner, runoff losses, and the accumulation of pesticides and fertilizers. The global water shortage is a crisis for agriculture, because dr...
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| author | Shweta Malik Kautilya Chaudhary Anurag Malik Himani Punia Meena Sewhag Neelam Berkesia Mehak Nagora Sonika Kalia Kamla Malik Deepak Kumar Pardeep Kumar Ekta Kamboj Vishal Ahlawat Abhishek Kumar Kavita Boora |
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| description | With an increasing population, world agriculture is facing many challenges, such as climate change, urbanization, the use of natural resources in a sustainable manner, runoff losses, and the accumulation of pesticides and fertilizers. The global water shortage is a crisis for agriculture, because drought is one of the natural disasters that affect the farmers as well as their country’s social, economic, and environmental status. The application of soil amendments is a strategy to mitigate the adverse impact of drought stress. The development of agronomic strategies enabling the reduction in drought stress in cultivated crops is, therefore, a crucial priority. Superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) can be used as an amendment for soil health improvement, ultimately improving water holding capacity and plant available water. These are eco-friendly and non-toxic materials, which have incredible water absorption ability and water holding capacity in the soil because of their unique biochemical and structural properties. Polymers can retain water more than their weight in water and achieve approximately 95% water release. SAP improve the soil like porosity (0.26–6.91%), water holding capacity (5.68–17.90%), and reduce nitrogen leaching losses from soil by up to 45%. This review focuses on the economic assessment of the adoption of superabsorbent polymers and brings out the discrepancies associated with the influence of SAPs application in the context of different textured soil, presence of drought, and their adoption by farmers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e92650528a8b4b098fe281a1db5d02c62023-12-02T00:49:42ZengMDPI AGPolymers2073-43602022-12-0115116110.3390/polym15010161Superabsorbent Polymers as a Soil Amendment for Increasing Agriculture Production with Reducing Water Losses under Water Stress ConditionShweta Malik0Kautilya Chaudhary1Anurag Malik2Himani Punia3Meena Sewhag4Neelam Berkesia5Mehak Nagora6Sonika Kalia7Kamla Malik8Deepak Kumar9Pardeep Kumar10Ekta Kamboj11Vishal Ahlawat12Abhishek Kumar13Kavita Boora14Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, Haryana, IndiaDepartment of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, Haryana, IndiaDepartment of Seed Science & Technology, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, Haryana, IndiaDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, Haryana, IndiaDepartment of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, Haryana, IndiaDepartment of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, Haryana, IndiaDepartment of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, Haryana, IndiaChandigarh Group of Business, Department of Sciences, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Jhanjeri, Mohali 140307, Punjab, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, Haryana, IndiaDepartment Soil Science, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, Haryana, IndiaDepartment of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, Haryana, IndiaDepartment of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, Haryana, IndiaDepartment Soil Science, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, Haryana, IndiaDepartment Pathology, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, Haryana, IndiaDepartment Soil Science, College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, Haryana, IndiaWith an increasing population, world agriculture is facing many challenges, such as climate change, urbanization, the use of natural resources in a sustainable manner, runoff losses, and the accumulation of pesticides and fertilizers. The global water shortage is a crisis for agriculture, because drought is one of the natural disasters that affect the farmers as well as their country’s social, economic, and environmental status. The application of soil amendments is a strategy to mitigate the adverse impact of drought stress. The development of agronomic strategies enabling the reduction in drought stress in cultivated crops is, therefore, a crucial priority. Superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) can be used as an amendment for soil health improvement, ultimately improving water holding capacity and plant available water. These are eco-friendly and non-toxic materials, which have incredible water absorption ability and water holding capacity in the soil because of their unique biochemical and structural properties. Polymers can retain water more than their weight in water and achieve approximately 95% water release. SAP improve the soil like porosity (0.26–6.91%), water holding capacity (5.68–17.90%), and reduce nitrogen leaching losses from soil by up to 45%. This review focuses on the economic assessment of the adoption of superabsorbent polymers and brings out the discrepancies associated with the influence of SAPs application in the context of different textured soil, presence of drought, and their adoption by farmers.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/15/1/161super absorbent polymersagriculturehydrogelwater scarcitypolymerization |
| spellingShingle | Shweta Malik Kautilya Chaudhary Anurag Malik Himani Punia Meena Sewhag Neelam Berkesia Mehak Nagora Sonika Kalia Kamla Malik Deepak Kumar Pardeep Kumar Ekta Kamboj Vishal Ahlawat Abhishek Kumar Kavita Boora Superabsorbent Polymers as a Soil Amendment for Increasing Agriculture Production with Reducing Water Losses under Water Stress Condition Polymers super absorbent polymers agriculture hydrogel water scarcity polymerization |
| title | Superabsorbent Polymers as a Soil Amendment for Increasing Agriculture Production with Reducing Water Losses under Water Stress Condition |
| title_full | Superabsorbent Polymers as a Soil Amendment for Increasing Agriculture Production with Reducing Water Losses under Water Stress Condition |
| title_fullStr | Superabsorbent Polymers as a Soil Amendment for Increasing Agriculture Production with Reducing Water Losses under Water Stress Condition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Superabsorbent Polymers as a Soil Amendment for Increasing Agriculture Production with Reducing Water Losses under Water Stress Condition |
| title_short | Superabsorbent Polymers as a Soil Amendment for Increasing Agriculture Production with Reducing Water Losses under Water Stress Condition |
| title_sort | superabsorbent polymers as a soil amendment for increasing agriculture production with reducing water losses under water stress condition |
| topic | super absorbent polymers agriculture hydrogel water scarcity polymerization |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/15/1/161 |
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