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Nexus betwee salinity and ecological sustainability of crop production of Southwest Coastal region of Bangladesh : translog production function approach

Iqbal, Md. Hafiz - In: Bangladesh journal of political economy 31 (2015) 2, pp. 491-502

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Climate change, soil salinity and road maintenance costs in coastal Bangladesh

Dasgupta, Susmita; Hossain, Md. Moqbul; Huq, Mainul; … - In: Water economics and policy 1 (2015) 3, pp. 1-21

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Modeling sorghum response to irrigation water salinity at early growth stage

Saadat, Saeed; Homaee, Mehdi - In: Agricultural Water Management 152 (2015) C, pp. 119-124

water at different plant growth stages. In saline environments, plant response to salinity varies at different growth stages …. Information on plant response to salinity at various growth stages can be used in managing saline waters for irrigation. This … study was conducted to quantitatively assess response of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) to salinity at seedling stage …

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The effect of mineral-ion interactions on soil hydraulic conductivity

Buelow, Maya C.; Steenwerth, Kerri; Parikh, Sanjai J. - In: Agricultural Water Management 152 (2015) C, pp. 277-285

The reuse of winery wastewater (WW) could provide an alternative water source for vineyard irrigation. The shift of many wineries and other food processing industries to K+-based cleaners requires studies on the effects of K+ on soil hydraulic conductivity (HC). Depending on clay content and...

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Effects of different drip irrigation regimes on saline–sodic soil nutrients and cotton yield in an arid region of Northwest China

Wang, Ruoshui; Kang, Yaohu; Wan, Shuqin - In: Agricultural Water Management 153 (2015) C, pp. 1-8

−25kPa. The results indicated that both soil salinity and sodicity declined significantly at 0–40cm depth and greater … salinity and sodicity. Since crop growth became more vigorous during reclamation, there was also a considerable increase (9 …

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Physiological growth and gas exchange response of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) to irrigation water salinity, manure application and planting method

Yarami, Najmeh; Sepaskhah, Ali Reza - In: Agricultural Water Management 154 (2015) C, pp. 43-51

The objective of the present study is to investigate the effects of irrigation water salinity, cow manure levels and … complete block design with irrigation water salinity levels (0.45 (fresh water, S1), 1.0 (S2), 2.0 (S3), and 3.0 (S4) dSm−1) as … consecutive growing seasons; however, we observed an acceptable increase in corm growth in high salinity levels (S3 and S4) under …

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The Delta Model for Fresh Water Policy Analysis in the Netherlands

Prinsen, Geert; Weiland, Frederiek Sperna; Ruijgh, Erik - In: Water Resources Management 29 (2015) 2, pp. 645-661

Netherlands Hydrological Instrument (NHI) and impact assessment models for salinity, temperature, water quality, aquatic ecology …

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Salinity gradient energy potential in Colombia considering site specific constraints

Alvarez-Silva, Oscar; Osorio, Andrés F. - In: Renewable Energy 74 (2015) C, pp. 737-748

The theoretical potential of salinity gradient energy in river mouth systems is the maximum amount of energy that can … mixing equations considering as inputs the mean rivers' discharge and the long term salinity of the ocean basin. However …, this theoretical amount of energy can be far from the reality because both, the river discharge and the salinity of the …

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Pressure-retarded osmotic power system model considering non-ideal effects

Maisonneuve, Jonathan; Pillay, Pragasen; Laflamme, Claude B. - In: Renewable Energy 75 (2015) C, pp. 416-424

A model for pressure-retarded osmotic (PRO) power systems is described. The model considers several non-ideal phenomena including internal and external concentration polarization, local variation due to mass transfer, pressure losses along membrane surfaces and other losses throughout the...

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Effect of different saline groundwater depths and irrigation water salinities on yield and water use of quinoa in lysimeter

Talebnejad, R.; Sepaskhah, A.R. - In: Agricultural Water Management 148 (2015) C, pp. 177-188

Water scarcity and water salinity are major constrains for agricultural production in arid and semi-arid regions of … depths, SGD (0.3, 0.55 and 0.80m) with salinity equivalent to irrigation water and irrigation water salinity, WS (10, 20, 30 … salinity should be considered by the equation SGD=1.62−0.013WS.Yield-salinity functions indicated that maximum threshold ECe …

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