enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Soil salinity - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_salinity

    Salts dissolved from the soil accumulate at the soil surface and are deposited on the ground and at the base of the fence post. Saline incrustation in a PVC irrigation pipe from Brazil. Soil salinity is the salt content in the soil; the process of increasing the salt content is known as salinization. [1] Salts occur naturally within soils and ...

  3. Environmental impact of agriculture - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of...

    The means-based evaluation looks at farmers' practices of agriculture, and the effect-based evaluation considers the actual effects of the agricultural system. For example, the means-based analysis might look at pesticides and fertilization methods that farmers are using, and effect-based analysis would consider how much CO 2 is being emitted ...

  4. Environmental impact of irrigation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of...

    to mitigate the adverse effects of shallow water tables and soil salinization, some form of watertable control, soil salinity control, drainage and drainage system is needed as drainage water moves through the soil profile, it may dissolve nutrients (either fertilizer-based or naturally occurring) such as nitrates, leading to a buildup of those ...

  5. Salt tolerance of crops - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_tolerance_of_crops

    The salt level is often taken as the soil salinity or the salinity of the irrigation water. Salt tolerance is of importance in irrigated lands in (semi)arid regions where the soil salinity problem can be extensive as a result of the salinization occurring here. It concerns hundreds of millions of hectares. [2]

  6. Dryland salinity - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryland_salinity

    Factors such as climate, features of landscape, soils, drainage, aspect and the effects of human activities; all impact on the severity and occurrence of dryland salinity. Dryland salinity effects human and natural resources, such as native vegetation and crops, animals, infrastructure, agricultural inputs, biodiversity, aquatic ecosystems and ...

  7. Biosaline agriculture - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosaline_Agriculture

    Biosaline agriculture is the production and growth of plants in saline rich groundwater and/or soil. [1] In water scarce locations, salinity poses a serious threat to agriculture due to its toxicity to most plants. [2] Abiotic stressors such as salinity, extreme temperatures, and drought make plant growth difficult in many climate regions. [2]

  8. Waterlogging (agriculture) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterlogging_(agriculture)

    In irrigated agricultural land, waterlogging is often accompanied by soil salinity as waterlogged soils prevent leaching of the salts imported by the irrigation water. From a gardening point of view, waterlogging is the process whereby the soil hardens to the point where neither air nor water can soak through.

  9. Soil salinity control - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_salinity_control

    Soil salinity control refers to controlling the process and progress of soil salinity to prevent soil degradation by salination and reclamation of already salty (saline) soils. Soil reclamation is also known as soil improvement, rehabilitation, remediation , recuperation, or amelioration.