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Salt Tolerance of Barley and Wheat in Soil Plots Receiving Several Salinization Regimes 1
Author(s) -
Ayers A. D.,
Brown J. W.,
Wadleigh C. H.
Publication year - 1952
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1952.00021962004400060006x
Subject(s) - chemist , soil salinity , salinity , salt (chemistry) , mathematics , chemistry , biology , ecology , organic chemistry
BARLEY is an important crop in many of the irrigated areas of the Western States. The soils in a number of these areas are saline or subject to salinization, and it is generally recognized that the salt tolerance of barley permits it to be grown on soils where other crops would fail. There are many reports of the high salt tolerance of barley (3, 4, 5), but there are few quantitative data on the response of different varieties to prescribed levels of salinization maintained under standardized conditions. The following studies were initiated to obtain such information.