Where to go for more information

It's often helpful to further arm yourself with relevant information. The following references will get you off to a good start:

Books

• Carrow, Robert N., and Ron R. Duncan. 1998. Salt-Affected Turfgrass Sites: Assessment and Management. Ann Arbor Press.
• Costello, Lawrence R., Edward J. Perry, Nelda P. Matheny, J. Michael Henry, and Pamela M. Geisel. 2003. Abiotic Disorders of Landscape Plants: A Diagnostic Guide. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Publication 3420.
• Harris, Richard W., James R. Clark, and Nelda P. Matheny. 2004. Arboriculture: Integrated Management of Landscape Trees, Shrubs, and Vines, Fourth Edition. Prentice Hall publishing company.
• Keefer, Robert F. Handbook of Soils for Landscape Architects. 2000. Oxford University Press.

Articles, reports, chapters in books

• U. S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA–NRCS). August 1999. Soil Quality Test Kit Guide. Available on the Web at http://soils.usda.gov/sqi/assessment/test_kit.html
• Soils, Chapter 2 in Turf & Landscape Digest, 2004, published by Grounds Maintenance magazine. Available on the Web at http://www.grounds-mag.com/turf/digest
• James, E. 1995. Testing and interpretation of salinity and pH. Department of Primary Industries, State of Victoria, Australia, Publication AG0244, (Agricultural Notes, March 1995), avail. online at http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/DPI/nreninf.nsf/childdocs/-2BAF4D73531CD1544A2568B3000505AF?open
• Singer, Deborah, and Tania Midgley. 2005. How salinity is measured. New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, 19 April 2005, available online at http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/wm-plants-waterquality
• Salinity Notes: Soil salinity. New South Wales, Australia, Department of Primary Industries. Available online at http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/salinity
• Kerkhoff, Karen L., and Doug Melchior. 2006. How To: Test Irrigation Water Quality. Grounds Maintenance magazine online, July 1, 2006; available at http://grounds-mag.com
• Chapters IV, VI, and IX of the literature review document that accompanies this Salt Management Guide (located elsewhere on this same CD-ROM)
• Soil and Plant Laboratory, Inc. Undated. Irrigation water sample report, available online at http://www.soilandplantlaboratory.com
• Testing water for gardening and lawn irrigation. January 2007. Published by Wellcare, a program of the Water Systems Council. Available online at http://www.watersystemscouncil.org/wellcare/infosheets.cfm

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