The viability of irrigating mandarin trees with saline reclaimed water in a semi-arid Mediterranean region: A preliminary assessment

Irrigation Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 759-768

  Pedrero, F ^a   Mounzer, O ^a   Alarcon J J ^a   Bayona, J M ^a   Nicolas E ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON CONCENTRATIONS; IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MICROBIOLOGICAL LOAD; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY PARAMETERS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

BORON; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; ORCHARDS; POTASSIUM; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

SALINE WATER;

CROP PRODUCTION; FRUIT; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHYTOTOXICITY; SALINE SOIL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; WATER QUALITY;

BORON; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; ORCHARDS; POTASSIUM; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CITRUS RETICULATA;

EID: 84879230606     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: 14321319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-012-0359-8     Document Type: Article

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