Use of brackish water for the reclamation of dense saline-sodic soils by auger hole technology and economic growth of wheat crop

Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 269-276

  Murtaza, Behzad ^a   Murtaz, Ghulam ^a   Zia ur Rehman, Muhammad ^a   Ghafoor, Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Auger hole; Benefit; Brackish water; Husk; Reclamation; Saline sodic soil

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84864027609     PISSN: 05529034     EISSN: 20760906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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