Consumptive water use and stomatal conductance of Atriplex lentiformis irrigated with industrial brine in a desert irrigation district

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 899-912

  Jordan, Fiona L ^a   Yoklic, Martin ^b   Morino, Kiyomi ^c   Brown, Paul ^c   Seaman, Robert ^b   Glenn, Edward P ^b  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^b 2601 West Airport Drive   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brine reuse; Concentrate management; Lysimeters; Salinity; Stomatal conductance; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

BRINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESERT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; SALINITY; SHRUB; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER TREATMENT; WATER USE;

ARIZONA; MARANA; NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX LENTIFORMIS; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 59549083175     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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