Irrigation management in Mediterranean salt affected agriculture: how leaching operates

In the frame of a crop rotation currently applied in a farm of the Apulian Tavoliere (Southern Italy), this paper reports the effect of brackish water irrigation on soil, outlines the corresponding salinity balance, formulates quantitative relations to model salt outflow below the soil root-layer an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Angela Libutti, Massimo Monteleone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2012-03-01
Series:Italian Journal of Agronomy
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Online Access:https://www.agronomy.it/index.php/agro/article/view/439