Use of on-ground gamma-ray spectrometry to measure plant-available potassium and other topsoil attributes

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-277

  Wong, M T F ^a   Harper, R J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

40K; Clay; Colwell K; Organic matter; Precision agriculture; Soil survey

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; POTASSIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; POTASSIUM; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TOPSOIL;

AUSTRALIA; JERRAMUNGUP; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032909180     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/S98038     Document Type: Article

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