Irrigation with desalinated water: A step toward increasing water saving and crop yields

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 450-464

  Silber, Avner ^a   Israeli, Yair ^b   Elingold, Idan ^b   Levi, Menashe ^b   Levkovitch, Irit ^a   Russo, David ^a   Assouline, Shmuel ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Northern RandD   (Israel)

Author keywords

banana; desalination; irrigation; reverse osmosis; salinity

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DESALINATION; FRUITS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; OSMOSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALT REMOVAL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

BANANA; DESALINATED WATER; FIELD APPLICATION; IRRIGATION RATES; IRRIGATION WATERS; OSMOTIC POTENTIAL; SALINITY; WATER DESALINATION;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP YIELD; DESALINATION; IRRIGATION; OSMOSIS; RHIZOSPHERE; SALINITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85027917729     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016398     Document Type: Article

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