Evaluation of a combined penetrometer for simultaneous measurement of penetration resistance and soil water content

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 745-751

  Sun, Yurui ^a   Lammers, Peter Schulze ^b   Ma, Daokun ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capacitance sensor; Measurement; Penetration resistance; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144265446     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200421365     Document Type: Article

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