Salinity evolution and crop response to secondary soil salinity in two agro-climatic zones in Lebanon

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 152-164

  Darwish, T ^a   Atallah, T ^b   El Moujabber, M ^c   Khatib, N ^b  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c HOLY SPIRIT UNIVERSITY OF KASLIK USEK   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Groundwater vulnerability; Irrigation water quality; Land degradation; Soil salinization

Indexed keywords

CROPS; IRRIGATION; NUTRITION; SOILS;

GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY; LAND DEGRADATION; SOIL SALINIZATION;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ADAPTATION; CROP YIELD; LAND DEGRADATION; SALINE SOIL; SALINIZATION;

FARM CROPS; IRRIGATION; SALINITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 28344454996     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2005.04.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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