Available water capacities of Zambian soils in relation to pressure plate measurements and particle size analysis

Soil Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1972, Pages 23-29

  Maclean, Adrian H ^a,b   Yager, Thomas U ^a  

^a Department of Agriculture ^*  (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0002114773     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: 15389243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-197201000-00005     Document Type: Article

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