Determining soil and water sodicity from electrode measurements

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 19-20, 1997, Pages 1737-1765

  Rhoades, J D ^a   Manteghi, N A ^a   Lesch, S M ^a   Slovacek, D C ^b  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Hach Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; SODIC SOIL; SODICITY; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO;

EID: 0030700815     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629709369913     Document Type: Article

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