Enrichment of soil fertility and salinity by tamarisk in saline soils on the northern edge of the Taklamakan Desert

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1978-1986

  Yin, Chuan Hua ^a,b   Feng, Gu ^a,b   Zhang, Fusuo ^b   Tian, Chang Yan ^a   Tang, Caixian ^c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertile islands; Islands of salinity; Saline agriculture; Taklamakan Desert; Tamarisk

Indexed keywords

FERTILE ISLANDS; ISLANDS OF SALINITY; SALINE AGRICULTURE; TAKLAMAKAN; TAMARISK;

AGRONOMY; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FERTILIZERS; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM; SOILS;

LANDFORMS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; DESERT; DESERT SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SALINE SOIL; SHRUB; SOIL FERTILITY;

CHINA; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX;

EID: 77957927282     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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