Irrigation Water Salinity and Crop Production

Too much salt can reduce or even prohibit crop production while too little salt can reduce water infiltration, which indirectly affects the crop. An ...

Water salinity and plant irrigation - Department of Agriculture and Food

Frequency and timing. Salt concentration in the root zone continually changes following irrigation. As the soil dries, the salt concentration in ...

Irrigation Water Salinity and Crop Production - ANR Catalog

Irrigation Water Salinity and Crop Production ... Length: 9 pp. ... All irrigation water contains dissolved mineral salts, and these can have a profound effect on ...

Irrigation Water Salinity and Crop Production - eScholarship

Author(s): Grattan, Stephen R | Abstract: This is reference sheet 9.10 in the Farm Water Quality Planning series. All irrigation water contains dissolved ...

6. WATER QUALITY AND CROP PRODUCTION

The higher the total salinity of an irrigation water, the higher is its salinity hazard for the crops if the soil and climatic conditions and the cultural ...

Salinity in Water Irrigation Systems monitoring & solutions

If proper maintenance and monitoring is not instituted, it could lead to crop failure (decreased crop yield). Salinity is the amount of ...

(PDF) Irrigation water salinity and crop production - ResearchGate

PDF | On Jan 1, 2002, S.R. Grattan published Irrigation water salinity and crop production | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate.

Irrigation Water Quality Standards and Salinity Management Strategies

In most irrigation situations, the primary water qual- ity concern is salinity levels, since salts can affect both the soil struc- ture and crop yield. However, ...

The effect of irrigation water salinity on the morph-physiological and ...

Water salinity in irrigation causes salinization and alkalinization of agricultural lands, as well as increases the osmotic pressure of the soil ...

Evaluating salinity in irrigation water - UC Davis

While these three measures of salinity can give a general assessment of the suitability of water for crop production, the principal cations and anions also need ...

Water-Salinity-Production Functions - USDA ARS

In arid agricultural areas, irrigation is often required to achieve economically viable rates of crop production. Knowledge of crop response to water is an ...

Water Quality for Irrigated Agriculture

Salinity Impacts to Crop Water Use. Soil. (ec 1.0). : -0.73 bars. Roots: - 3.0 ... ○ Using saline/sodic irrigation water can decrease productivity and ...

IRRIGATION AND SALINITY

Salts in soil and/or water can reduce water availability to the crop to such an extent that yield can be affected. Electrical conductivity or Total Dissolved ...

Managing Irrigation with Saline Water - VCE Publications

On occasion, salinity levels can become high enough to cause noticeable damage to irrigated crops. Crop damage can occur from prolonged exposure ...

Using saline water for irrigation

Most crops, including salt-sensitive crops, should accept salinity levels of up to 700 μS/cm without loss of yield.

Evaluating the impacts of long-term saline water irrigation on soil ...

In the context of dwindling freshwater resources, it is imperative to comprehensively evaluate crop productivity and soil resource ...

The use of saline waters for crop production - FAO irrigation and ...

Chapter 1 - Introduction, Chapter 2 - Saline waters as resources, Quality characteristics of saline waters, Definitions and Indices of Salinity Related ...

Increased irrigation water salinity enhances nitrate transport to deep ...

Nitrogen is the most important element for the fertility and productivity of agricultural crops. The unlimited ability to produce N fertilizers ...

Managing Saline and Sodic Soils and Irrigation Water | USU

Salinity may negatively impact crop yield before such extreme conditions occur. It is, therefore, important to test for and address soil salinity before ...

Effects of Irrigation with Saline Water on Crop Growth and Yield in ...

The objective of this study was to investigate the response of lettuce and Chinese cabbage to various salinity levels of irrigation water in greenhouse ...