Modelling the impact of pulsing of drip irrigation on the water and salinity dynamics in soil in relation to water uptake by an almond tree

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 168, Issue , 2012, Pages 101-113

  Phogat, V ^a   Skewes, M A ^a   Cox, J W ^a,b   Mahadevan, M ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Almond; Drip irrigation; HYDRUS 2D; Leaching; Modelling; Moisture content; Pulsing; Salinity; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; DRIP IRRIGATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL DYNAMICS; WATER UPTAKE;

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84871205927     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/SI120091     Document Type: Article

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