Robert N. Carrow, Ronny R. Duncan

Best Management Practices for Saline and Sodic Turfgrass Soils (eBook, ePUB)

Assessment and Reclamation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The complex issues involved in the management of saline and sodic turfgrass soils are enough to perplex even the most experienced site manager- there is no "silver bullet" amendment, treatment, or grass for salinity management. Best Management Practices for Saline and Sodic Turfgrass Soils: Assessment and Reclamation presents comprehensive scientif

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040172872
• Artikelnr.: 73340879

Autorenporträt

Robert N. Carrow, Ronny R. Duncan

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Basics of Saline and Sodic Soils. Scope and Causes and Scope of
Salinity. Saline and Sodic Problems. Classification and Characteristics of
Saline and Sodic Sites. Part ll. Site Assessment BMPs for Saline and Sodic
Soil Sites. Irrigation Water Quality Tests, Interpretation. and Selection.
Soil Tests and Interpretation. Assessment for Salt Movement, Additions, and
Retention. Part lII. Management BMPs for Saline and Sodic Soils Sites.
Selection of Turfgrass and Landscape Plants. Irrigation System Design for
Uniform Water Application and Flexibility. Irrigation Scheduling and
Salinity Leaching. Selection of Amendments. Amendment Application Options
and Guidelines. Cultivation, Topdressing, and Soil Modification.
Sand-Capping. Drainage. Nutritional Practices on Saline and Sodic Sites.
Additional Cultural Practices. Monitoring Progress. Part IV. Environmental
Stewardship and Sustainability. Environmental Management Systems. Part V.
Non-Traditional Use of Turfgrasses on Salt-Affected Sites. Reclamation,
Drainage Water Reuse Schemes, Halophytic Forage Sites.