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Modeling soil salinity in greenhouse cultivations under a changing climate with SALTMED: model modification and application in Timpaki, Crete

Daliakopoulos Ioannis, Pappa Polyxeni, Gryllakis Emmanouil, Varouchakis Emmanouil, Tsanis Giannis

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URIhttp://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/46C4581D-350B-4862-8B05-03F6730A68F1-
Identifierhttps://journals.lww.com/soilsci/Fulltext/2016/06000/Modeling_Soil_Salinity_in_Greenhouse_Cultivations.4.aspx-
Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1097/SS.0000000000000161-
Languageen-
Extent11 pagesen
TitleModeling soil salinity in greenhouse cultivations under a changing climate with SALTMED: model modification and application in Timpaki, Creteen
CreatorDaliakopoulos Ioannisen
CreatorΔαλιακοπουλος Ιωαννηςel
CreatorPappa Polyxenien
CreatorΠαππα Πολυξενηel
CreatorGryllakis Emmanouilen
CreatorΓρυλλακης Εμμανουηλel
CreatorVarouchakis Emmanouilen
CreatorΒαρουχακης Εμμανουηλel
CreatorTsanis Giannisen
CreatorΤσανης Γιαννηςel
PublisherWolters Kluwer Healthen
Content SummarySoil salinity is a major soil degradation threat especially for arid coastal environments where it hinders agricultural production, thus imposing a desertification risk. In the prospect of a changing climate, soil salinity caused by brackish water irrigation introduces additional uncertainties regarding the viability of deficit irrigation and intensive cultivation practices such as greenhouse cropping. Here, we propose a modification of the SALTMED leaching requirement model to account for greenhouse cultivation conditions. The model is applied in the RECARE Project Case Study of Timpaki, a semiarid region in south-central Crete, Greece, where greenhouse horticulture is an important land use. Excessive groundwater abstractions toward irrigation have resulted in a drop of the groundwater level in the coastal part of the aquifer, thus leading to seawater intrusion and in turn to soil salinization. Crop yield and soil profile electrical conductivity (EC) sensitivity to initial soil EC (up to 2 dS m-1) and irrigation water EC (up to 3 dS m-1) are modeled for the locally popular horticultural crops of Solanum lycopersicum, Solanum melongena, and Capsicum annuum. Climate model data obtained from nine general circulation models for the "worst case" representative concentration pathway of 8.5 W m-2 of the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project are corrected for bias against historical observations with the Multisegment Statistical Bias Correction method and used to estimate crop yield and soil profile EC sensitivity in a warmer future. Results show that the effects of climate change on S. lycopersicum greenhouse cultivations of Timpaki will be detrimental, whereas S. melongena and C. annuum cultivations may show greater resilience.en
Type of ItemPeer-Reviewed Journal Publicationen
Type of ItemΔημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτέςel
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
Date of Item2018-10-12-
Date of Publication2016-
SubjectCreteen
SubjectGreenhouseen
SubjectSalinizationen
SubjectSoil salinityen
SubjectTimpakien
Bibliographic CitationI. N. Daliakopoulos, P. Pappa, M. G. Grillakis, E. A. Varouchakis and I. K. Tsanis, "Modeling soil salinity in greenhouse cultivations under a changing climate with SALTMED: model modification and application in Timpaki, Crete," Soil Sci., vol. 181, no. 6, pp. 241-251, Jun. 2016. doi: 10.1097/SS.0000000000000161en

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