Soil salinity in South India: Problems and solutions

Journal of Crop Production

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 247-275

  Swarajyalakshmi, G ^a   Gurumurthy, P ^a   Subbaiah, G V ^b  

^a Agriculture College   (India)

^b Bapatla Agricultural College   (India)

Author keywords

Crop growth; Saline irrigation water; Saline soils; South India; Yield and South India

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038240732     PISSN: 1092678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J144v07n01_09     Document Type: Review

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