Treatments and economic aspects of growing rice and wheat crops during reclamation of tile drained saline-sodic soils using brackish waters

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 418-426

  Ghafoor, A ^a   Murtaza, G ^a   Maann, A A ^a   Qadir, M ^b,c   Ahmad, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

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

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Grain yields; Green manure; Gypsum; Low quality water; Salt affected soils; Soil amelioration

Indexed keywords

SESBANIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79959850892     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.577     Document Type: Article

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