Iranian Water Research Journal

Iranian Water Research Journal

The Effect of Different Levels of Superabsorbent Polymer and Water Salinity on Soil Moisture Retention

Document Type : Technical Report

Authors
mohammad javad rousta
mahboobeh soltani
nadia besharat
vali soltani
masomeh salehi
gholam hasan rangbar
Abstract
A pot experiment was carried out as a factorial in completely randomized design with superabsorbent polymer (A200) at 0 (control), 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 g/kg soil as the first factor and different levels of salinity including 0 (ordinary water), 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 dS/m as the second factor and a total of 108 pots containing 2 kg soil. The pots contain ? kg of a farm soil. Analysis of variance showed that the effect of super absorbent, salinity and these interactions on soil moisture and drainage water EC was at P
Keywords
Drainage water
Soil moisture
Water salinity
Superabsorbent polymer

  • Receive Date 04 March 2013
  • Revise Date 17 May 2013
  • Accept Date 08 July 2013
  • Publish Date 22 June 2013