Article: Irrigation and soil salinity in the Indian subcontinent; past and present.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Tsunami causes limited soil salinity problems: FAO
Xinhua News Agency;  March 31, 2005 ;     497 words ...Tsunami causes limited soil salinity problems: FAO BANGKOK, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Soil salinity problems caused by last year's tsunami are less severe than previously expected, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO ...

Article: Hybrid grass roots out soil salinity.
Science News;  June 15, 1985 ;     700+ words ...Hybrid grass roots out soil salinity Soil salinity, the bane of irrigated agriculture, is poisoning an increasing number of croplands throughout the world (SN: 11/10/84, p. 298). But an Agricultural Research Service soil scientist has ...

Article: U.S. ARS: New test for soil salinity and sodicity.
M2 Presswire;  December 16, 1998 ;     518 words ... ... PRESSWIRE-16 December 1998-U.S. ARS: New test for soil salinity and sodicity (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD3 RDATE ... United States and 50 percent worldwide is salt-affected. Soil salinity increases as irrigation waters evaporate and leave salts ...

Article: The use of remote sensing data to extract information from ...
Australian Journal of Soil Research;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... spectroradiometer data using a modified stepwise principal component band selection method to separate 13 classes of the soil salinity status. They reported that the importance of high spectral resolution in recognition accuracy of salinity status decreased ...

Article: THE GREENING OF BLUE CHIP AUSTRALIA.(Southcorp Holdings Ltd. ...
Habitat Australia;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...After nearly six years at the helm of Australia's biggest wine producer, Southcorp CEO Graham Kraehe last month announced his retirement. On the eve of his departure he was instrumental in forging an alliance with ACF to ensure Southcorp takes a lead role in the fight against salinity. Bruce

Article: The burden of cardiovascular disease in the Indian ...
Indian Journal of Medical Research;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... and disability in the world. The Indian subcontinent (including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh ... the enormous CVD burden within the Indian subcontinent itself has been underemphasized ... CVD and its risk factors in the Indian subcontinent. We also review recent evidence ...

Article: Borland Appoints Satyen Parikh as Managing Director, ...
Business Wire;  August 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Satyen Parikh as managing director, Indian Subcontinent for Borland. In his new role ... Borland's market share in the Indian Subcontinent and promoting greater awareness ... Microsoft(R) .NET within the Indian Subcontinent, Borland is well positioned to ...