Effect of dikes and sulfuric acid on cotton under effluent irrigation

Journal Article · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(1989)115:3(463)· OSTI ID:6898708

Oron, G; DeMalach, Y ^[1]

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1. Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Sde Boker (Israel)

Extensive efforts are being undertaken to improve effluent use in arid zones with alkaline soils. In Israel, this type of soil (loess), with a relatively large amount of water loss due to runoff generation, is mainly found in the south. The possibility of decreasing runoff, soil erosion, improving water intake rate, and obtaining economic cotton yields was examined in a series of field experiments. Various combinations of dike construction between cotton rows and sulfuric acid applications were examined. Results showed that sulfuric acid significantly reduced runoff reduction and improved water infiltration, and that the acid treatments improves water intake and cotton yield more significantly than that of the dikes, under sprinkler and trickle irrigation systems.

• OSTI ID: 6898708
• Journal Information: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering; (USA), Vol. 115:3; ISSN 0733-9437
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COTTON PLANTS
PRODUCTIVITY
SOILS
EROSION
SULFURIC ACID
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
AGRICULTURE
ARID LANDS
DIKES
IRRIGATION
ISRAEL
PH VALUE
RUNOFF
ASIA
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRY
INORGANIC ACIDS
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
MASS TRANSFER
MIDDLE EAST
PLANTS
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