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research article

Acidification of California soils: Many pumped irrigation waters of State require large additions of acid to add appreciable amount to soil

authors

L. D. Doneen, Experiment Station, Davis.

publication information

California Agriculture 3(5):8-15. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v003n05p8. May 1949.

author affiliations

L. D. Doneen is Associate Irrigation Agrono- mist in the Experiment Station, Davis.

abstract

Not available – first paragraph follows:

Making soil acid—acidification—by adding acid to the irrigation water has been advocated as a means of controlling potato scab; for neutralizing highly alkaline soils; the reclamation of saline soils; and the improvement of penetrability of water into the soil.