On-farm sampling density and correction requirements for soil moisture determination in irrigated heavy clay soils in the Gezira, central Sudan

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-113

  Ibrahim, Ahmed A ^a   Stigter, C J ^b   Adeeb, Ali M ^c   Adam, Hussein S ^c   Van Rheenen, W ^b  

^a Hydr Research Station PO Box 318   (Sudan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Inst Water Mgmt Irrigat Univ G   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Gezira; Neutron probe; Soil moisture sampling; Swelling clay soils

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; ERROR CORRECTION; IRRIGATION; SAMPLING; SOIL MOISTURE;

SUDAN;

EID: 0033006722     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(99)00019-0     Document Type: Article

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