Opportunities for alternate land uses in salty and water scarcity areas

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-66

  Dagar, J C ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Alternate land uses; Auger hole planting technique; Biological reclamation; Carbon sequestration; Raised and sunken bed technique; Saline vertisols; Sub surface planting and furrow irrigation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; AQUIFER; ARABLE FARMING; ARID REGION; CALCAREOUS SOIL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CULTIVATION; FORAGE; FURROW IRRIGATION; GROUNDWATER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE PLANNING; MEDICINAL PLANT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY; SEMIARID REGION; SODIC SOIL; TOXICITY; TREE PLANTING; VEGETATION COVER; VERTISOL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

POACEAE;

EID: 70349472849     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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