Abstract
A nine-year small-scale trial (ending 2002) in the southern San Joaquin Valley found that established pistachios can tolerate an irrigation water salinity up to 8 dS/m (similar to cotton) without a reduction in yield. In 2004, a shallow subsurface drip tape system was installed in two 155 acre fields to irrigate future pistachio tree rows 22 feet apart with 4 rows of cotton interplanted on 38 inch beds. Replicated 19.5 acre blocks were arranged to test plant response to fresh (canal) water, blend and saline well water treatments with EC of 0.5, 3.0 and 5.4 dS/m and boron @ 0.3, 6 and 11 ppm, respectively. Fresh water was used to germinate cotton, which was planted in 2004, 5 and 6. Pistachios were planted in 2005. Cotton yields were unaffected by salinity, until 2006; showing a half bale loss for the well water (3.12 bale/ac) compared to the canal water (3.68 bale/ac). Pistachio growth is unaffected by salinity after 3 years.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Established pistachios tolerated irrigation salinity up to 8 dS/m without reduced yield.
- Taxon
- pistachios
Pistacia verae0 - Treatment
- irrigation water salinity up to 8 dS/me0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- without a reductione0
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Verbatim
e0“established pistachios can tolerate an irrigation water salinity up to 8 dS/m (similar to cotton) without a reduction in yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Cotton yield was unaffected by salinity until 2006.
- Taxon
- Cotton
Gossypium hirsutume0 - Treatment
- salinitye0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- unaffectede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Cotton yields were unaffected by salinity, until 2006”
Claim · model-written summary
In 2006, well water reduced cotton yield by half a bale relative to canal water.
- Taxon
- cottonGossypium hirsutumt0
- Treatment
- well watere0
- Outcome
- bale losse0
- Direction
- losse0
- Value
- half balee0
- Qualifier
- 3.68 bale/ace0
- Comparator
- canal watere0
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Verbatim
e0“showing a half bale loss for the well water (3.12 bale/ac) compared to the canal water (3.68 bale/ac)”
t0“Using saline groundwater for large-scale development and irrigation of pistachios interplanted with cotton”
Claim · model-written summary
Pistachio growth was unaffected by salinity after three years.
- Taxon
- PistachioPistacia verae0
- Treatment
- salinitye0
- Outcome
- growthe0
- Direction
- unaffectede0
- Qualifier
- after 3 yearse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Pistachio growth is unaffected by salinity after 3 years”
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