[en] The paper describes the extent of salinity in the Indus Plain and mentions some of the methods employed for reclaiming the salt-affected soils. The rationale of a biological approach consisting of introduction of a plant succession on calcareous saline-sodic soils has been described, and has given encouraging results in the preliminary experiments carried out by the authors

[en] Comparison of furrow and trickle methods of irrigation to know their relative efficiency with respect to water applied and fertilizer used on tomatoes, cauliflower and lettuce as test crops using canal water, showed a significant saving of about 44 and 41 per cent respectively for irrigation water and fertilizer applied with trickle as compared to furrow irrigation. Trickle irrigated crops also showed a better response as regards the rate of survival, crop growth and time of maturity

[en] Waters of different salinity and sodicity levels, both unamended and amended with gypsum and choline chloride, were compared with canal water for their effect on the growth of maize and properties of a garden loam soil. The low salinity water (mixture of tube-well and canal water), when amended by passing through gypsum stone or by addition of choline chloride, gave maize crop yields comparable to those obtained with canal water and had no adverse effect on soil properties. Green matter yield had a negative correlation (r=-0.79**) with soil ESP values

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