SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL SALINITY USING SALTMED MODEL IN EL-BEHEIRA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT
El-Hassanin, A., Abdallah, S., Saleh, N., Abou Kota, M. (2016). SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL SALINITY USING SALTMED MODEL IN EL-BEHEIRA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT. EKB Journal Management System, 1(1), 37-63. doi: 10.21608/mjss.2016.176584
A. S. El-Hassanin; S. A. Abdallah; N. M. Saleh; M. S. Abou Kota. "SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL SALINITY USING SALTMED MODEL IN EL-BEHEIRA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT". EKB Journal Management System, 1, 1, 2016, 37-63. doi: 10.21608/mjss.2016.176584
El-Hassanin, A., Abdallah, S., Saleh, N., Abou Kota, M. (2016). 'SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL SALINITY USING SALTMED MODEL IN EL-BEHEIRA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT', EKB Journal Management System, 1(1), pp. 37-63. doi: 10.21608/mjss.2016.176584
El-Hassanin, A., Abdallah, S., Saleh, N., Abou Kota, M. SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL SALINITY USING SALTMED MODEL IN EL-BEHEIRA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT. EKB Journal Management System, 2016; 1(1): 37-63. doi: 10.21608/mjss.2016.176584

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL SALINITY USING SALTMED MODEL IN EL-BEHEIRA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT

Menoufia Journal of Soil Science
Article 5, Volume 1, Issue 1, July and August 2016, Page 37-63  XML PDF (1.67 MB)
Document Type: original papers
DOI: 10.21608/mjss.2016.176584
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Authors
A. S. El-Hassanin1; S. A. Abdallah2; N. M. Saleh1; M. S. Abou Kota2
1Institute Of African Research And Studies- Cairo University, Egypt.
2Soils, Water And Environment Research Institute- Agriculture Research Center, Egypt.
Abstract
Salinization is a common problem for agriculture in dry environments and it has great effect on land soil productivity. Hence, it is of pressing necessity to quantify the spatial distribution of salinity and its changing trend in space and time and ascertain the driving forces thereof. Recently, SALTMED model was used to define the status of moisture and salinity under environmental changes. SALTMED model runs for various irrigation systems and water application strategies, water of different qualities, variety of crops and trees, different nitrogen-based fertilizers and different soil types. The research is aiming to test the reliability and applicability of SALTMED model in a wide range of Egyptian soil types. The model employed in nine examples of soil profiles representing three geomorphological features, different in their physical and chemical properties, using data from the field work and FAO 56. The obtained results generally, showed significant correlation coefficient between the observed and simulated data of salinity and moisture distributions in the soil profiles of all studied experimental soils. The study recommended using SALTMED model to estimate soil moisture and salinity distribution of Egyptian soils to be employed in managing agricultural practices and strategies.
Keywords
Soil salinity; moisture content; soil texture; SALTMED model
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