Dry spots in golf courses: Occurrence, amelioration and prevention

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 661, Issue , 2004, Pages 99-104

  Dekker, Louis W ^a   Ritsema, Coen J ^a   Oostindie, Klaas ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actual soil water repellency; Critical soil water content; Moisture variability; Preferential flow; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344438485     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.661.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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