Ceramic suction samplers: A reliable method for extracting soil solutions for analysis

South African Journal of Plant and Soil

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 161-164

  Grobler, L ^a   Claassens, A S ^a   Annandale, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cation exchange capacity; Ceramic soil water sampler; Vanselow selectivity coefficient

Indexed keywords

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING; SOIL SURVEY;

EID: 0346304898     PISSN: 02571862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02571862.2003.10634928     Document Type: Article

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