Sloping seedbeds: Soil salts minimized in germination zone by bed shaped to allow later cultivation

Bernstein, L; Ayers, R

Sloping seedbeds: Soil salts minimized in germination zone by bed shaped to allow later cultivation

Authors

Leon Bernstein
Robert S. Ayers

Authors Affiliations

Leon Bernstein is Plant Physiologist, U.S. Salinity Laboratory, Riverside; Robert S. Ayers is Farm Advisor, Imperial County, University of California.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 9(11):8-8. DOI:10.3733/ca.v009n11p8. November 1955.

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Abstract

Sloping seedbeds—to minimize the soil salinity hazard to germinating seeds—have been designed to permit conversion to normal flat-topped beds after the seedlings are established.

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