Soil infiltration and hydraulic conductivity under long-term no- tillage and conventional tillage systems

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-152

  Azooz, R H ^a   Arshad, M A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

hydraulic conductivity; Infiltration; macroporosity; microporosity; tillage systems

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; MACROPOROSITY; MICROPORE; POROSITY; TILLAGE;

EID: 0030481929     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjss96-021     Document Type: Article

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