Salinity impact assessment on crop yield for Wadi Laba spate irrigation system in Eritrea

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 27-37

  Mehari, Abraham ^a   Schultz, Bart ^a   Depeweg, Herman ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Floods; Irrigation water quality; Maize; Soil salinity; Sorghum; Spate irrigation; Water management

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FLOODS; HARVESTING; SALINE WATER;

CROP YIELD; SOIL SALINITY; SPATE IRRIGATION;

IRRIGATION;

CROPS; FLOODS; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; SALINE WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CROP YIELD; DAM; FLOOD; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEACHING; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RHIZOSPHERE; SALINITY; SORGHUM; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

CORN; FARM CROPS; FLOODS; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; SORGHUM; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ERITREA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748187162     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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