Ps. Lozovitskiy et Iv. Tkachenko, INFLUENCE OF IRRIGATION ON THE PROPERTIES AND FERTILITY OF DARK CHESTNUT SOILS, Eurasian soil science, 24(8), 1992, pp. 54-66
Results are presented from comprehensive studies on the effect of irri
gation on soil fertility by comparing the properties of adjacent unirr
igated and irrigated areas. Examined is the effect of ten years of irr
igation on the hydrophysical properties, granulometry, content of wate
r-soluble salts, humus, adsorbed bases, and mobile potassium and phosp
horus, mineralogy, microorganism population, and total soil toxicity.