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peer-reviewed research article

Leaching fraction, soil salinity, and drainage efficiency

authors

M. E. Grismer, Departments of Agricultural Engineeringand hnd, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis.

publication information

California Agriculture 44(6):24-26. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v044n06p24. November-December 1990.

Summary

An efficient subsurface drain can keep salts from building up in irrigated soils, but measuring a drain's efficiency can be a complex process.

author affiliations

M. E. Grismer is Associate Professor of Water Science and Associate Agricultural Drainage Engineer with the Departments of Agricultural Engineeringand hnd, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis.