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<br />can be enhanced if a dual rotation (crop and water) system of management is
<br />used. In this management system saline water is substituted for low-salinity
<br />irrigation water without significant yield reduction, loss in cropping flexibility,
<br />or change in current farming operations at certain times during the crap ro-
<br />tation. Salt-sensitive crops (lettuce, alfalfa, etc.) in the rotation are irrigated
<br />with low-salinity water while saline water is applied to the salt-tolerant crops
<br />(cotton, sugarbeets, wheat, etc.). For the tolerant crops, the switch to saline
<br />water usually occurs after seedling establishment; preplant and initial irriga-
<br />tions are made with low salinity water. This strategy is verified by data from
<br />the field experiment. A way to operate the strategy so that the drainage water
<br />salinity does not increase in time and eventually terminate the re-use is dis-
<br />cussed in another paper (Rhoades, 1989). An alternative strategy often advo-
<br />cated to facilitate the use of saline waters for irrigation is to blend them with
<br />water of low salinity before use. A comparison of these two strategies (cyclic
<br />use versus blending) is also discussed by Rhoades (1989).
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