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The challenges of rehabilitating denuded patches of a semi-arid environment in Kenya [PDF]
, 2010 Land degradation is a major problem in the semi-arid environments of Sub-Saharan Africa. Fighting land degradation is essential to ensure the sustainable and long-term productivity of the habited semiarid lands.
Clavel, D. +10 more
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Effect of irrigation water quality on soil properties and infrared spectroscopic signatures
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2020 Aim of study: To study the effect of irrigation with medium-to-low-quality water on an olive farm that seems to be causing salinity and/or sodicity problems in soils, and the ability of infrared spectroscopy to detect this problem.
Francisco Comino +4 more
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Agrosystems, Geosciences & EnvironmentDryland agricultural regions face significant challenges due to soil and irrigation water salinity, which significantly affect crop yield. The high salt content in soil and irrigation water poses a significant risk to agriculture's productivity and long ...
Addis Hailu Demo +4 more
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The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2019 The effect of improved practice [IP; gypsum application @ 25% gypsum requirement (GR) +10 t/ha press mud] over existing practice (EP; gypsum application @ 50% GR) on rice productivity and profitability in sodic soils (pH 9.2-10.4) was evaluated at ...
YASH PAL SINGH +8 more
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Agronomy, 2021 This paper focuses on the adverse effects of soil sodicity and alkalinity on the growth of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in a rainfed environment in south-western Australia.
Edward G. Barrett-Lennard +6 more
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Development of Salt-Tolerant Rice Varieties to Enhancing Productivity in Salt-Affected Environments
Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 2022 Among abiotic stresses, salt stress is the most complicated problem posing a major challenge for maintaining world food supplies as well as food security as it covers 1125 m ha globally and 6.73 m ha in India.
Saraswathipura L. Krishnamurthy +7 more
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Gypsum-saturated water to reclaim alluvial saline sodic and sodic soils [PDF]
Scientia Agricola, 2008 Inadequate management of soil and irrigation water contribute to soil degradation, particularly in the alluvial areas of Northeast Brazil, where salinity and sodicity are already common features. This study evaluates the effects of the addition of gypsum in the irrigation water on physical and chemical properties of soils with different levels of ...
Silveira, Karien Rodrigues da +4 more
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Introduction to Soil Salinity, Sodicity and Diagnostics Techniques
, 2018 It is widely recognized that soil salinity has increased over time. It is also triggered with the impact of climate change. For sustainable management of soil salinity, it is essential to diagnose it properly prior to take proper intervention measures ...
S. Shahid, M. Zaman, L. Heng
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Site-specific management units in a commercial maize plot delineated using very high resolution remote sensing and soil properties mapping [PDF]
, 1998 14 Pags. The definitive version, with tabls. and figs., is available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01681699The joint use of satellite imagery and digital soil maps derived from soil sampling is investigated in the present paper with ...
Frielingsdorf, J. +5 more
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Spatial and Temporal Changes in Salinity of Arable Lands in Shah Bandar Tehsil, Thatta District, Sindh [PDF]
International Journal of Economic and Environment Geology, 2016 The cultivable lands are reducing significantly in hot and dry arid regions of the world due to soil salinity and sodicity resulting in yield losses.
Shella Bano +4 more
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