Effect of tillage on the spatial variability of soil water properties

Canadian Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Diiwu, J Y ^a   Rudra, R P ^a   Dickinson, W T ^a   Wall, G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fractile diagram; Hydraulic properties; Scaling factors; Spatial variability; Tillage

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CORRELATION METHODS; CULTIVATION; DENSITY CONTROL (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROSITY; TEXTURES;

FRACTILE DIAGRAM; SCALING FACTORS; TILLAGE;

SOILS;

HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TILLAGE;

EID: 0031707796     PISSN: 0045432X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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