Soil degradation under irrigation

Land Use and Soil Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 101-119

  Hillel, Daniel ^a   Braimoh, Ademola K ^b   Vlek, Paul L G ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

climate change; drainage; salt tolerance; Soil salinity; waterlogging

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955599544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6778-5_6     Document Type: Chapter

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