saline soils
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005608
A nonsodic soil containing sufficient soluble salt to adversely affect the growth of most crop plants with a lower limit of electrical conductivity of the saturated extract (ECe) being 4 deciSiemens / meter (dS/m), which is equivalent to a value of 4 mmhos/cm.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-005608 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| References | University of Arizona Cooperative Extension; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | chemical soil types; salt stress; phytodesalination; halophiles; halotropism; halophytes; soil salinity; soil salts |
| Translations | Spanish: suelos salinos |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-AGR-005608",
"term": "saline soils",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "A nonsodic soil containing sufficient soluble salt to adversely affect the growth of most crop plants with a lower limit of electrical conductivity of the saturated extract (ECe) being 4 deciSiemens / meter (dS/m), which is equivalent to a value of 4 mmhos/cm.",
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"chemical soil types",
"salt stress",
"phytodesalination",
"halophiles",
"halotropism",
"halophytes",
"soil salinity",
"soil salts"
],
"references": [
"University of Arizona Cooperative Extension",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "suelos salinos"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/saline-soils/"
}
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