The effects of hydrophilic polymer and soil salinity on corn growth in sandy and loamy soils

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 584-591

  Dorraji, Soheyia Seyed ^a   Golchin, Ahmad ^a   Ahmadi, Shervin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

^b IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arid and semi arid environments; Available water content; Hydrophilic polymer; Plant biomass; Salinity; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; AVAILABLE WATER CAPACITY; BIOMASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRIGATION; LOAM; MAIZE; POLYMER; SALINITY; SANDY SOIL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77955260659     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201000017     Document Type: Article

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