Mulching and water quality effects on soil salinity and sodicity dynamics and cotton productivity in Central Asia

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 95-102

  Bezborodov, G A ^a   Shadmanov, D K ^a   Mirhashimov, R T ^a   Yuldashev, T ^b   Qureshi, A S ^c   Noble, A D ^d   Qadir, M ^b,e  

^a Uzbek Cotton Growing Research Institute   (Uzbekistan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Pakistan)

^d IWMI   (Laos)

^e INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Cotton yield; Crop water productivity; Soil salinity; Soil sodicity; Uzbekistan; Water quality deterioration; Water scarcity; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EVAPORATION; FRESHWATER; IRRIGATION; MULCHING; SALINE SOIL; SALT; SODICITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROFILE; STRAW; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TOPSOIL; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WHEAT;

CENTRAL ASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; SYR DARYA RIVER;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77954863531     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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