In the present study, some nutritional imbalances, specific ion toxicity and yield-ion concentration relationships in maize under water, nitrogen (N) and salinity stresses were assessed. Effect of different levels of irrigation water (I1=1.0ETc+0.25ETc as leaching, I2 =0.75I1 and I3 =0.5I1) as main plot, salinity of irrigation water (S1=0.6, S2= 2.0 and S3=4.0 dS m-1) as sub-plot and N fertiliz...

Expert assessments for crop and range productivity of very-large arid and semiarid areas worldwide are ever more in demand and these studies require greater sensitivity in delineating the different grades or levels of soil salinity. In conjunction with field study in arid southeastern Oregon, we assess the merit of adding decision-tree analysis (DTA) to a commonly used remote-sensing method. Ra...

A non-sodic, non-saline sandy loam soil was salinized to anion-cation ratios similar to those naturally occurring in Iraq and California. The interactions of saline soils (conductivities 4, 8, 12 and 16 mmhos/cm) with a moderately salt-tolerant plant (Lycopersicon esculentum 'Marimond') and a plant parasitic nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) were investigated. Plant parasitic nematodes were shown...

A laboratory-scale study was conducted to investigate the effect of rhamnolipids (RLs) supplement on amelioration saline-alkali soils. The RLs improved soil aggregates stability and promoted formation macro-aggregates which increased by up 10.84% 15.92% in alkaline saline soil, respectively. In addition, amendment led a pH reduction from initial 8.87 7.80–7.84 salt rejection 20.72% remarkably a...

The need for identification of soil microbial community mainly depends on direct extraction of DNA from soil, a multifaceted environment that is a major pool for microbial genetic diversity. The soil DNA extraction procedures usually suffer from two major problems, namely, inappropriate rupturing of cells and contamination with humic substances. In the present study, five protocols for single t...

the use of saline groundwater resources, in addition to save fresh water, could be used in production of forage in saline soils. in order to do it, the area in northern ardakan, yazd province with saline ground water (ec= 11.25ds/m, sar= 16.7) and saline and alkaline soil (ec=27.3ds/m, esp= 30.2%) was selected for planting of atriplelentiformis, seidlitzia rosemarinus, and nitraria schoberi. th...

using low quality water on agricultural lands in south of tehran has increased the risk of soil salinity and created problems for some agricultural crops. this study was carried out to determine of soil salinity distribution and to produce salinity map. the mapping of salinity can also identify the saline and non-saline regions that are very effective for land management and choosing kind of cr...

The FAO AquaCrop model has been widely applied throughout the world to simulate crop responses to deficit water applications. However, its application to saline conditions is not yet reported, though saline soils are common in coastal areas. In this study, we parameterized and tested AquaCrop to simulate rice yield under different salinity regimes. The data and information required in the model...