Effects of water table management on soil salinity and alfalfa yield in a semi-arid climate

Irrigation Science

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 401-407

  Noory, Hamideh ^a   Liaghat, Abdol Majid ^a   Chaichi, Mohamad Reza ^a   Parsinejad, Masoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK DESIGNS; DRY MATTER YIELD; EFFECT OF WATER; IRRIGATION TREATMENTS; LYSIMETER EXPERIMENTS; MEDICAGO; ROOT ZONE; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; SOIL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL SALINITY; WATER TABLE MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LYSIMETERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL SURVEYS;

SOILS;

ALFALFA; CROP YIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRRIGATION; LYSIMETER; RHIZOSPHERE; SALINITY; SEMIARID REGION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLE;

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO SCUTELLATA;

EID: 67849104623     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-009-0155-2     Document Type: Article

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