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Enhanced Salt Tolerance of Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Seedlings Illuminated by LED Red Light
HorticulturaeLight quality is an important variable affecting plant growth, so we aimed to explore the impact of light quality on plants under salt stress. The salt tolerance of pea (Pisum sativum L.) seedlings illuminated by LED red light and 4:1 of red/blue light ...
Kexin Xu +6 more
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Preserving and adapting functions to limited fresh water supply [PDF]
For agriculture/horticulture and nature, adaptation to decreasing fresh water availability is crucial in the growing seasons. Rainfall becomes concentrated in fewer, but heavier showers, the inlet of good quality water from main water courses will be ...
Zee, S.E.A.T.M., van der
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Optimizing the Structure and Scale of Urban Water Infrastructure: Integrating Distributed Systems [PDF]
, 2014 Large-scale, centralized water infrastructure has provided clean drinking water, wastewater treatment, stormwater management and flood protection for U.S. cities and towns for many decades, protecting public health, safety and environmental quality.
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Agricultural Water ManagementReclamation and management of saline wastelands are crucial for enhancing soil quality and agricultural productivity. Integrated water-saving agricultural practices (IWAP) have shown positive effects on saline-alkali soil improvement.
Pengcheng Luo +11 more
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An assessment of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes under saline and waterlogged compacted soil conditions, II: leaf ion concentrations [PDF]
, 2013 A pot experiment was conducted to study effects of salinity and waterlogging under soil compaction conditions on grain yield and yield components of wheat. Treatments were arranged in a factorial layout assigned to a randomized complete design with three
Asgari, Hamid +2 more
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Use of saline water for irrigation
California Agriculture, 1984 Not available – first paragraph follows: Expansion of irrigated agriculture would contribute significantly toward meeting world food and fiber needs but, at the same time, would run headlong into competition for ever more limited water supplies.
J Rhoades
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, 2006 This study evaluated the feasibility of utilizing low-grade heat sources such as solar energy and waste heat from industrial processes for desalination. The premise of the approach is that saline waters can be desalinated by evaporation and condensation ...
Gude, Veera Gnaneswar
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AgronomyOrganic amendment is an effective method to reclaim salt-affected soil. However, in coastal land with shallow saline groundwater, it is limited known about the mechanism of organic amendment on soil desalinization.
Jingsong Li +7 more
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Saline irrigation water and citrus production
California Agriculture, 1966 The noxious effects of saline irrigation waters on the growth and fruit production of citrus have been recognized for many years. Citrus trees are sensitive to relatively low concentrations of the salts of sodium, chlorine, and sulfur.
R Harding, R Mahler, E Curran
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Saline Tolerance of Young Zygopteran Larvae Inhabiting the Emergent Plants Community Established in Estuaries [PDF]
, 2004 Eggs and young larvae of the endangered brackish water damselfly, Mortonagrionhirosei, were reared under various concentration of saline water, comparing with thoseoflschnura senegalensis, I. asiatica and M. selenion, all of which inhabited the abandoned
WATANABE Mamoru +3 more
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