Potential risk of soil salinization in different regions of Central Asia with special reference to salt reserves in deep layers of soils

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 634-649

  Funakawa, Shinya ^a   Kosaki, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Deep soil layers; Geochemical factor; Irrigation agriculture; Secondary soil salinization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748904719     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2007.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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