Saline-water irrigation for the establishment of furrow-planted trees in northwestern India

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-186

  Minhas, P S ^a   Singh, Y P ^b   Tomar, O S ^a   Gupta, R K ^c   Gupta, Raj K ^d  

^a CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BANASTHALI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF WHEAT AND BARLEY RESEARCH   (India)

^d INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acacia nilotica; Calcareous soils; Dalbergia sissoo; Re forestation; Salinity control; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGROFORESTRY; ARID LAND; ARID LANDS; ARID REGION; FURROW PLANTING; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SALINE WATER; TREE ESTABLISHMENT;

INDIA;

ACACIA NILOTICA; DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA SISSOO; FABACEAE; MIMOSACEAE;

EID: 0030417971     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00122778     Document Type: Article

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