Soil Salinity: Effect on Vegetable Crop Growth. Management Practices to Prevent and Mitigate Soil Salinization

Salinity is a major problem affecting crop production all over the world: 20% of cultivated land in the world, and 33% of irrigated land, are salt-affected and degraded. This process can be accentuated by climate change, excessive use of groundwater (mainly if close to the sea), increasing use of lo...

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Published in:	Horticulturae Vol. 3; no. 2; p. 30
Main Authors:	Machado, Rui, Serralheiro, Ricardo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel MDPI AG 01.06.2017
Subjects:	Abiotic stress Agricultural management Agricultural production Climate change Crop growth Crop production crop salt tolerance Crops Cultivated lands drainage Drainage management Enzymes Fertilization Flowers & plants Groundwater Intensive farming ion imbalance Irrigated lands Irrigation Irrigation water Nutrition Ontogeny Photosynthesis Plant growth Productivity Saline water Salinity Salinity effects salinity threshold Salinization Salt tolerance Saturated soils Soil fertility Soil salinity Soil water vegetable crops Vegetables Water quality United States > US Portugal
ISSN:	2311-7524, 2311-7524
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