Soil water relations of a Nigerian typic haplustult amended with fresh and burnt rice-mill wastes

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 207-214

  Nnabude, P C ^a   Mbagwu, J S C ^b  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Infiltration rate; Permanent wilting point; Rice mill wastes; Sorptivity; Total porosity

Indexed keywords

SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL WATER; WATER RELATIONS; WATER RETENTION;

NIGERIA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032970959     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00193-7     Document Type: Article

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