Crop response in salt-affected soils

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-50

  Eynard, Anna ^a,b   Lal, R ^a   Wiebe, K ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton; Irrigation; Rice; Saline soils; Salinization; Sodic soils; Sugarcane; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CROP PERFORMANCE; IRRIGATION; SALINE SOIL; SODIC SOIL;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 32444439436     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v27n01_03     Document Type: Review

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