Groundwater and soil salinity variations in a canal command area in Pakistan;Variations de la salinité des eaux souterraines et du sol dans un périmètre irrigué au Pakistan

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 456-468

  Latif, Muhammad ^a   Ahmad, Muhammad Zakria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Canal irrigation network; Crop yield; EC of groundwater and soil water; Farm income

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349986418     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.417     Document Type: Article

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