Drip irrigation controls soil salinity under row crops

Bendixen, W; Hanson, B

Drip irrigation controls soil salinity under row crops

Authors

Warren E. Bendixen
Blaine R. Hanson

Authors Affiliations

W.E. Bendixen is Farm Advisor, Santa Barbara County, UC Cooperative Extension; B.R. Hanson is Irrigation and Drainage Specialist, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 49(4):19-23. DOI:10.3733/ca.v049n04p19. July 1995.

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Abstract

Keeping soil salinity low in the root zone is crucial to growers of salt-sensitive crops. This study investigated patterns of soil salinity under surface and subsurface drip irrigation. High soil salinity occurred midway between drip laterals for both irrigation methods and above the drip tape for subsurface drip irrigation. Rainfall leached the salts from the zones of high salinity for both irrigation methods.

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