Saline Irrigation for Agriculture and Forestry

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Principles of Saline and Marine Agriculture....Pages 3-10
Germination Capacity of Seeds in Saline Soil....Pages 11-23
Utilization of Sea-water and Coastal Sandy Belts for Growing Crops in India....Pages 24-40
Nuclear Biology and Irrigation with Sea-water....Pages 41-52
Problems of Irrigation with Brackish Water in Italy....Pages 53-79
On Saline Irrigation Problems in Sicily Remarks to Professor Cavazza’s Report....Pages 80-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Plantgrowing with Sea-water and Other Saline Waters in Israel and Other Countries....Pages 85-92
Agricultural Cultivation by means of Direct Irrigation with Undesalinated Sea-water....Pages 93-106
Forestry Trials with Highly Saline or Sea-water in Kuwait....Pages 107-132
The Desert Garden of Eilat....Pages 133-160
Irrigation with Saline Water in Puglia....Pages 161-167
Irrigation with Salty Water in Tunisia....Pages 168-186
Irrigation with Salt Water and Drainage in Tunisia....Pages 187-194
A New Way of Culture to Decrease Salinity....Pages 195-197
Vegetation under Saline Conditions....Pages 201-216
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Saline Soil Problems with Particular Reference to Irrigation with Saline Water in India....Pages 217-233
Behaviour of Salty Soils under Irrigation in Puglia....Pages 234-240
Experiments in the Improvement of Saline and Alkaline Soils of the Zebra Plain (Morocco)....Pages 241-248
Freshwater Organisms in Biotopes Influenced by Sea-water....Pages 249-260
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Economics of the Conversion of Saline Waters to Fresh Water for Irrigation....Pages 266-273
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
The Application of Nuclear Energy to Sea-water Desalination....Pages 274-288
Remarks on Some Agrarian Economic Questions Connected with Desalination....Pages 289-291
Back Matter....Pages 292-325