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Foreword

I. Introduction

Chapter 1. The Nature and Extent of Agricultural Salinity Problems

Chapter 2. Overview: Diagnosis of Salinity Problems and

Selection of Control Practices

ll. Effects of Salts on Soils

Chapter 3. Chemistry of Salt-Affected Soils and Waters

Chapter 4. Chemistry of Trace Elements in Soils and C-round Water

Chapter 5. Soil Responses to Saline and Sodic Conditions

III. Effects of Salts on Plants

Chapter 6. Plant Responses to Saline and Sodic Conditions

Chapter 7. Deficiencies and Toxicities of Trace Elements

Chapter 8. Genetic Approaches for Developing Economic

Salt-Tolerant Crops

IV. Sampling, Monitoring, and Measurement

Chapter 9. Field Sampling and Monitoring of Soil, Water, and Plants

Chapter 10. Field and Laboratory Measurements

V. Diagnosis of Salt Problems

Chapter 11. Irrigation Water Quality Assessments

Chapter 12. Leaching Fraction and Control of Root Zone Salinity

Chapter 13. Crop Salt Tolerance

Chapter 14. Crop Production Functions

Chapter 15. Spatial and Temporal Variabilities in Salinity

VI. Salinity Management Options

Chapter 16. On-Farm Irrigation and Drainage Practices

Chapter 17. Management of Dryland Saline Seeps

Chapter 18. Project-Level Salinity Management Options

VII. Land Reclamation, Treatment, and Disposal Of Drainage Waters

Chapter 19. Reclamation of Saline , Sodic-, and Boron-Affected Soils

Chapter 20. Use of Saline Drainage Water for Irrigation

Chapter 21. Drainage Water Treatment and Disposal Options

VIII. The Use of Models in Salinity Assessment

Chapter 22. Steady-State Root Zone Salt Balance

Chapter 23. Concepts of Modeling Transient Root Zone Salinity

Chapter 24. Conceptual Irrigation Project Hydrosalinity Model

Chapter 25. Dynamic Optimization Models for Salinity and

Drainage Management

IX. Environmental, Legal, and Economic Issues

Chapter 26. Institutional and Legal Constraints

Chapter 27. Economic Incentives and Environmental Quality

X. The Future of Irrigated Agriculture

Chapter 28. Irrigated Agriculture: Is it Sustainable?

Appendices

A .1 Examples of Preferred (P) and" Acceptable

(A) Units for General Use

A. 2 Conversion Factors for SI and non-S1 Units

A. 3 Conversion Factors for ' Chemical Concentrations

A. 4 Other Useful Conversion Factors and Formulas

Index.