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Ritwik Acharya1,2, S Rehan Ahmad3, Debnirmalya Gangopadhyay2
1Department of Botany, Hiralal Mazumdar Memorial College for Women, Kolkata 700035, West Bengal, India.
Abstract:
Soil salinization affects more than 1 billion hectares globally and 6.74 million hectares in India, causing substantial productivity losses and degradation of soil ecological function. This review synthesizes evidence from the literature (1977-2025) to evaluate mulberry (Morus spp.) as a nature-based solution (NbS) for bio-reclamation of salinity-degraded landscapes within agroforestry restoration systems. Genotype-level analyses indicate mulberry tolerance to soil electrical conductivity (EC) up to 23 dS m-1, with operational EC thresholds of 4-8, 8-15, and 15-23 dS m-1. Mulberry enhances ion regulation, antioxidant defense and progressive soil structural recovery while supporting sericulture-linked livelihoods. An artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled decision-support system achieved strong predictive performance (coefficient of determination [R2] = 0.857; root-mean-square error [RMSE] = 0.769), illustrating how integration of ecological mechanisms and data-driven modeling can enable scalable, climate-resilient land restoration planning.
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