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ProCrop 1999 |
TABLE 5. RELATIVE YIELDS AT INCREASING SOIL SALINITY (Holm 1979)
| Crop | Electrical Conductivity, Ede, dS/m, saturated paste |
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| 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | |
| Soybeans | 87 | 53 | 27 | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pinto beans | 100 | 80 | 54 | 28 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alfalfa | 100 | 85 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 36 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 |
| Oats | 90 | 65 | 40 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | - | - |
| Corn | 97 | 70 | 43 | 23 | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hard Red Spring Wheat | 100 | 88 | 64 | 45 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| Durum Wheat | 100 | 100 | 87 | 72 | 52 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Barley | 100 | 100 | 92 | 76 | 60 | 44 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 0 | - | - |
| Corn, forage | 100 | 90 | 66 | 45 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Flax | 100 | 87 | 70 | 55 | 41 | 29 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 0 | - | - |
| Sunflowers | 100 | 97 | 86 | 71 | 55 | 40 | 27 | 07 | 10 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Sugarbeets | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 80 | 64 | 45 | 32 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 7 |
For more information, consult NDSU circular SF-1087, Managing Saline Soils in North Dakota.
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| Terry Gregoire, Area Extension Specialist/Cropping Systems NDSU Extension Service Box 477, Traynor Building Devils Lake, ND 58301-0477 |
Phone No.(701)662-7080 FAX (701) 662-1365 tgregoir@ndsuext.nodak.edu |
