Groundwater recharge rates and surface runoff response to land use and land cover changes in semi-arid environments

SO Owuor, K Butterbach-Bahl, AC Guzha… - Ecological …, 2016‏ - Springer
The effects of land use and land cover (LULC) on groundwater recharge and surface runoff
and how these are affected by LULC changes are of interest for sustainable water resources …

Soil responses to sodicity and salinity: challenges and opportunities

JD Oster, I Shainberg - Soil Research, 2001‏ - CSIRO Publishing
Exchangeable sodium and low salinity deteriorate the permeability of soils to air and water.
The susceptibility of soils to sodicity and low salinity depend on both the inherent properties …

[PDF][PDF] Plant responses to saline and sodic conditions

A Läuchli, E Epstein - Agricultural salinity assessment and …, 1990‏ - researchgate.net
The vast majority of crop plants are glycophytes, or nonhalophytes. These plants are unable
to tolerate stresses imposed by saline or salinesodic conditions, unlike the halophytes …

Effects of vegetation restoration on soil infiltrability and preferential flow in hilly gully areas of the Loess Plateau, China

D Qiu, R Xu, C Wu, X Mu, G Zhao, P Gao - Catena, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Soil infiltration plays a critical role in soil hydrological processes. Land use/cover changes
are generally considered to influence soil infiltration. However, the effect of long-term …

Soil wetting and texture effects on aggregate stability, seal formation, and erosion

M Lado, M Ben-Hur, I Shainberg - Soil Science Society of …, 2004‏ - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies about the effect of antecedent moisture content (AMC) on seal formation
have shown contradictory results. We hypothesize that this controversy is related to …

Selecting soil hydraulic properties as indicators of soil health: Measurement response to management and site characteristics

DK Bagnall, CLS Morgan, GM Bean… - Soil Science Society …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Farmers, scientists, and other soil health stakeholders require interpretable indicators of soil
hydraulic function. Determining which indicators to use has been difficult because of …

Infiltration and erosion in soils treated with dry PAM and gypsum

J Yu, T Lei, I Shainberg, AI Mamedov… - Soil Science Society of …, 2003‏ - Wiley Online Library
Seals formed at the soil surface during rainstorms reduce rain infiltration and cause runoff
and erosion. Surface application of anionic polyacrylamide (PAM) in solution has been …

Long-term irrigation with reclaimed wastewater: Implications on nutrient management, soil chemistry and olive (Olea europaea L.) performance

R Erel, A Eppel, U Yermiyahu, A Ben-Gal… - Agricultural Water …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Utilization of reclaimed wastewater (RWW) presents an alternative to irrigation of agricultural
crops with fresh water (Fr), especially in dry areas characterized by water scarcity. While …

Groundwater drought characteristics and its influencing factors with corresponding quantitative contribution over the two largest catchments in China

Q Zhu, H Zhang - Journal of Hydrology, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Investigating the characteristics and influencing factors of groundwater drought, and
identifying their difference in the regions with different climate conditions can provide an …

Interrill erosion from disturbed and undisturbed samples in relation to topsoil aggregate stability in red soils from subtropical China

ZH Shi, FL Yan, L Li, ZX Li, CF Cai - Catena, 2010‏ - Elsevier
The assessment of soil erodibility to water erosion in the field is often expensive and time-
consuming. This study was designed to reveal the effects of aggregate breakdown …