Methods for predicting the optimum and the range of soil water contents for tillage based on the water retention curve

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 203-212

  Dexter, A R ^a   Bird, N R A ^b  

^a STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compaction; GIS; Pedotransfer functions; Soil water; Tillage; Van Genuchten equation; Water retention curves

Indexed keywords

GIS; PREDICTION; RETENTION; SOIL WATER; TILLAGE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0034493950     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(00)00154-9     Document Type: Article

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