Amelioration of a degraded hardsetting soil using an anionic polymeric conditioner

Soil Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 91-100

  Chan, K Y ^a   Sivapragasam, S ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Alfisol; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; ALFISOL; HARDSETTING SOIL; SOIL CONDITIONER; SOIL WATER; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0030468906     PISSN: 09333630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0933-3630(95)00038-0     Document Type: Article

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