Effect of long-term irrigation with treated wastewater on the root zone environment

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Assouline, Shmuel ^a   Narkis, Kfir ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS MONITORING; EXCHANGEABLE SODIUM PERCENTAGES; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LONG-TERM IRRIGATIONS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; SWELLING PRESSURES; TREATED WASTEWATER;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MONITORING; OXYGEN; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETTING;

IRRIGATION;

CLAY SOIL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRESHWATER; FRUIT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEACHING; OXYGEN; PERCOLATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOIL PROFILE; SWELLING; WATER DEMAND; WATER USE; WETTABILITY;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE; MONITORING; OXYGEN; SALINITY; SOIL; WETTING;

EID: 84878143112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2012.0216     Document Type: Article

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