Rapid assessment of soil compaction damage I. The SOILpak score, a semi-quantitative measure of soil structural form

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 117-125

  McKenzie, D C ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cotton; Macropores; Root growth; Soil structure; Soil survey; Vertisols; Vertosols

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; COMPACTION; LAND EVALUATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL SURVEY;

AUSTRALIA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0035121796     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR99116     Document Type: Article

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