Determination of field capacity in a Florida Sandy soil and drainage time at different depths

HortTechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 258-261

  Zekri, Mongi ^a   Parsons, Lawrence R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitance probe; Irrigation; Neutron probe; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032905996     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.9.2.258     Document Type: Article

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