Root-zone constraints and plant-based solutions for dryland salinity

Plant and Soil

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-260

  Rengasamy, Pichu ^a   Chittleborough, David ^a,c   Helyar, Keith ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^c Plant based Mgmt Dryland Salinity ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Dryland salinity; Plant based solutions; Root zone constraints; Sodicity; Transient salinity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DRYLAND FARMING; RHIZOSPHERE; SALINITY; SODICITY;

EID: 0344426164     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027326424022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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