The publication of this Handbook was supported by the Russian Federation

Nosonenko, Aleksandr Anatolievich – Candidate of  Agricultural Sciences, National Scientific 
Centre  ‘Institute  of   Soil  Science  and  Agrochemistry  Research  named  after  A.N.  Sokolovsky’ 
(Kharkiv, Ukraine), specialist in the field of  irrigation water quality assessment, soil protection, soil 
halogenesis, ameliorative pedology, technology for amelioration of  saline and alkaline soils and 
precision agriculture. E-mail: [e-mail]
Pankova, Evgenia Ivanovna – Doctor of  Agricultural Sciences, Honored Worker of  Science 
of  the Russian Federation, V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute (Moscow, Russia), specialist in the 
field of  the genesis, geography, mapping and assessment of  salt-affected soils in Russia, Central 
Asia and Mongolia. E-mail: [e-mail]