Using subirrigation to maintain soil moisture content in greenhouse experiments

Weed Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 397-401

  Hoffman, Melinda L ^a,b   Buxton, Jack W ^a   Weston, Leslie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary mat; overhead watering; subsurface irrigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029830007     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0043174500094066     Document Type: Article

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