01079naa a2200181 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000170006024501290007726000090020652005070021565000170072265300090073965300200074870000160076870000190078477300940080320864202018-01-26 1983 bl uuuu u00u1 u #d1 aHICKS, L. N. aEffect of a change in water source on the chemical and physical properties of an irrigate black earth in the Lockyer Valley. c1983 aThe desalinisation of part of the fram through the use of dam water has minimised the salinity risk to cotton and also restores the option of less salt-tolerant crops, although sensitive crops such as french beans could sill be the risk. the alteration in soil structure resulting from a change in water source has had no noticeable effect on cotton growth. moderate applications of gypsum (<6T ha -1), however, may result in an improved seebed; field trial would enable this hypothesis to ber tested aSaline water aDams aWater desalting1 aBELL, L. C.1 aEVENSON, J. P. tQueensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciencesgv. 40, n. 1, p. 39-52, Jun. 1983.