Toxicity to Specific Element With drip or furrow irrigation, chloride and sodium injury does not generally occur in vegetable and row crops. Leaf burn can occur in strawberries, however, particularly under hot and dry conditions, With sprinkler irrigation, chloride and sodium may cause injury to wetted leaves of susceptible plants. Certain vegetable and row crops are sensitive to boron. Generally leaf injury must be severe to cause reduced crop quality and yields. Where cool, moist climatic conditions prevail, greater levels of boron can be tolerated, and for the short-term use of an irrigation water, the boron levels given here can be doubled.
Soil texture influences the time required for injury to occur.
The finer the soil texture, the longer it will take for injury to occur. Summary Vegetable and row crops have varying degrees of tolerance to salinity and boron. Crops can be irrigated on a short-term basis, or in cool, moist climates using poorer quality water without incurring reduced yield. Estimated crop yield using irrigation water of various qualities over the long-term. 3.9 MS VT Cucumber 1.7 2.2 2.9 4.2 MS MS Eggplant 0.7 1.