Commercial production of crops irrigated with gypsiferous mine water

Water SA

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 413-421

  Jovanovic, N Z ^a   Annandale, J G ^a   Claassens, A S ^a   Lorentz, S A ^b   Tanner, P D ^c   Aken, M E ^d   Hodgson, F D I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Anglo Base Metals   (South Africa)

^d Anglo Coal Environmental Services   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION;

WATERLOGGING;

WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EFFLUENT; IRRIGATION; MINE WASTE;

MPUMALANGA; SOUTH AFRICA; WITBANK;

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036803493     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v28i4.4915     Document Type: Article

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