Irrigation quality and management determine salinization in Israeli olive orchards

Mirlas, Vladimir; Anker, Yaakov; Aizenkod, Asher; Goldshleger, Naftali

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-129-2022

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-129-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-129-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

Development and technical paper

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10 Jan 2022

Development and technical paper |

| 10 Jan 2022

Irrigation quality and management determine salinization in Israeli olive orchards

Vladimir Mirlas, Yaakov Anker, Asher Aizenkod, and Naftali Goldshleger

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SC1: 'Soil salinization risk assessment owing to poor water quality drip irrigation: A case study from an olive plantation at the arid to semi-arid Beit She'an Valley, Israel', David Wilson, 03 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to David Wilson', Yaakov Anker, 14 Nov 2020
SC2: 'comment on Soil salinization risk assessment owing to poor water quality drip irrigation', Ruishan Chen, 16 Nov 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to Ruishan Chen', Yaakov Anker, 28 Nov 2020
SC3: 'Review Comments for gmd-2020-231', Douglas Karlen, 25 Nov 2020
- AC3: 'Reply to Douglas Karlen,', Yaakov Anker, 28 Nov 2020
SC4: 'contribution to Soil Salinization', Jawad Hassan, 28 Nov 2020
- AC4: 'Reply to Jawad Hassan', Yaakov Anker, 07 Dec 2020
RC1: 'General Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Sep 2021
- AC5: 'Reply on RC1', Yaakov Anker, 03 Oct 2021
RC2: 'Comment on ``Soil Salinization risk assessment...'' by Mirlas et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Oct 2021
- AC6: 'Reply on RC2', Yaakov Anker, 28 Oct 2021

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Yaakov Anker on behalf of the Authors (29 Oct 2021) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (30 Oct 2021) by Bethanna Jackson

Short summary

Salinization owing to irrigation water quality causes soil degradation and soil fertility reduction that with poor drainage conditions impede plant development and manifest in economic damage. This study provided a soil salting process evaluation procedure through a combination of soil salinity monitoring, field experiments, remote sensing, and unsaturated soil profile saline water movement modeling. The modeling results validated the soil salinization danger from using brackish irrigation.