Salinization and crop transpiration of irrigated fields in Pakistan's Punjab

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 43-60

  Smets, S M P ^a,c   Kuper, M ^b   Van Dam, J C ^a   Feddes, R A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Intl Irrigat Management Institute   (Pakistan)

^c Govt Serv Land Water Use Land M   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Modelling; Salinity; Transpiration; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CROP TRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; SALINISATION; SOIL SALINITY;

PAKISTAN, PUNJAB;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031467044     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(97)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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