Estimating soil texture from sample density

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 18-20, 1996, Pages 2987-2995

  Benbi, D K ^a   Brar, S P S ^a   Kumar, R ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL TESTING; SOIL TEXTURE;

EID: 0030301715     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629609369756     Document Type: Article

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