Innovations in Dryland Agriculture

537 7 Making Salt-Affected Areas Profitable Saline agriculture is largely about making better choices for the use of land based ...

538 Another factor that becomes clear from Fig. 4 is that the range of productive options for saline agriculture decreases drama ...

539 that had not been especially screened for salt tolerance. However, it appeared that this micro-organism was not surviving on ...

540 and intermittent discharge, moderating the soil water content (drying it) limits salt flux due to lowered hydraulic conducti ...

541 date, the impact of the drying climate on groundwater trends (diminished recharge) is still less than the historical impact ...

542 CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology 2015 ). This has resulted in dryland salinity being reclassified from being a major threat t ...

543 stances. This makes the development of simple management rules difficult and thus favours the treatment of the saline area o ...

544 Barrett-Lennard EG, Anderson GC, Holmes KW, Sinnott A (2016) High soil sodicity and alkalin- ity cause transient salinity in ...

545 George RJ, Nulsen RA, Ferdowsian R, Raper GP (1999) Interactions between trees and groundwa- ter in recharge and discharge a ...

546 Northcote KH, Skene JKM (1972) Australian soils with saline and sodic properties. CSIRO Aust. Soil Publ. No. 27 NSW DECC (20 ...

547 Walker G, Gilfedder M, Evans WR, Dyson P, Stauffacher M (2003) Groundwater flow systems framework: essential tools for plann ...

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550 often occurs during the most sensitive stages of crop growth (flowering and grain filling). As a result, rainfed crop growth ...

551 In the 2012 growing season, the application of deficit supplemental irrigation at 50 % CWR (353 mm rainfall + 162 mm irrigat ...

552 are low despite the potential for increased production. One of the reasons for low productivity in Kurdistan is the dependen ...

553 Fig. 1 A six-step process to implement water harvesting for supplemental irrigation Table 2 Yield and yield components measu ...

554 2.3 Turkey 2.3.1 Supplemental Irrigation of Pasture for Livestock Feeding Supplemental irrigation can be a useful water mana ...

555 losses. A study by ICARDA and its partners (Ilbeyi et al. 2006 ) on the impact of early sowing on the productivity of bread ...

556 2.4 Jordan A field experiment on supplemental irrigation was conducted by ICARDA and the National Center for Agricultural Re ...

557 irrigation in a semiarid area of Algeria. The experiment was undertaken at the Bessami Djillali pilot farm located in Khemis ...