Mapping soil pH: Accuracy of common soil sampling strategies and estimation techniques

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 427-442

  Brouder, S M ^a   Hofmann, B S ^a   Morris, D K ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIME; MAPPING; PH; SAMPLING;

LIME REQUIREMENT; MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SOIL SAMPLING; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

SOIL MECHANICS;

MAPPING; PH; SOIL SURVEY;

EID: 15744378856     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0427     Document Type: Article

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