Effect of saline water irrigation on soil development and plant growth in the Taklimakan Desert Highway shelterbelt

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 146, Issue PA, 2015, Pages 99-107

  Li, Congjuan ^a   Lei, Jiaqiang ^a   Zhao, Ying ^a,b   Xu, Xinwen ^a   Li, Shengyu ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Root distribution; Saline water irrigation; Soil evolution; Sustainable development; Taklimakan Desert

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALTS; SAND; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOXICITY; WATER RESOURCES;

NUTRIENT ACCUMULATION; ROOT DISTRIBUTION; SALINE GROUNDWATER; SALINE IRRIGATION; SALINE WATER IRRIGATIONS; SOIL EVOLUTIONS; SOIL SALINIZATION; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT;

SALINE WATER;

ANGIOSPERM; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; GROWTH; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PEDOGENESIS; ROOT SYSTEM; SALINIZATION; SANDY SOIL; SHELTERBELT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84911426374     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2014.03.013     Document Type: Article

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