Response of Corn (Zea Mays L.) and Soybeans (Glycine max L. Merr.) to Saline Aerosol Drift from Brackish Water Cooling Towers

摘要

Field experiments were conducted from 1973 to 1978 to investigate the saline aerosol tolerance to soil and foliar applied salt, and the effects of saline aerosol on net photosynthesis and leaf chlorophyll of corn and soybeans. Corn and soybean response to salt drift from an operating brackish water cooling tower in southern Maryland was also monitored. Tolerance to saline aerosols was examined with foliar applications of NaCl and brackish cooling tower water at total salt rates varying from 0 to 22.24 kg/ha/wk.