Magnetic treatment of irrigation water: Its effects on vegetable crop yield and water productivity

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1229-1236

  Maheshwari, Basant L ^a   Grewal, Harsharn Singh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Celery; Magnetic treatment; Pea plants; Recycled water; Salinity; Snow pea; Water productivity

Indexed keywords

CELERY; MAGNETIC TREATMENT; PEA PLANTS; RECYCLED WATER; SALINITY; SNOW PEA; WATER PRODUCTIVITY;

CROPS; CULTIVATION; IRRIGATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; POTABLE WATER; PRODUCTIVITY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SNOW; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOILS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER RECYCLING; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

SALINE WATER;

CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRRIGATION; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LEGUME; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC METHOD; RECYCLING; VEGETABLE; WATER TREATMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; PISUM SATIVUM; PISUM SATIVUM VAR. MACROCARPON;

EID: 65549157807     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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