Crop Response to Applications of Copper Sulfate on Salty Soils

Author

Paul D. Christensen, Utah State University

Date of Award:

5-1948

Document Type:

Thesis

Degree Name:

Master of Science (MS)

Department:

Plants, Soils, and Climate

Department name when degree awarded

Soil Science

Committee Chair(s)

D. Wynne Thorne

Committee

D. Wynne Thorne

Committee

Sherwin Maeser

Committee

F. B. Wann

Committee

D. C. Tingey

Committee

I. N. Hayward

Abstract

In the arid west large areas of soil contain soluble salts in sufficient concentrations to inhabit crop growth. Of the 1,416,957 acres of soil surveyed in Utah from 1899 to 1920, Jennings et al (29) reported that 43.58 per cent contained 0.2 per cent or more of salts. The management and reclamation of these soils present serious problems. The difficulties are further accentuated by the fact that many streams used for irrigation contain appreciable quantities of salt. Generally under these conditions removal of the salt from the soil becomes impracticable, and the problem is one of learning how to get along in spite of the salt.

Checksum

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Recommended Citation

Christensen, Paul D., "Crop Response to Applications of Copper Sulfate on Salty Soils" (1948). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 1921.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1921