Determination of the timing and amount of irrigation of winter cover crops with the use of dielectric constant and capacitance soil water content profile methods

South African Journal of Plant and Soil

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 145-151

  Gebregiorgis, M F ^a   Savage, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dielectric soil sensors; Irrigation scheduling; Soil water

Indexed keywords

COVER CROP; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; IRRIGATION; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

AVENA SATIVA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 29944447852     PISSN: 02571862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02571862.2006.10634746     Document Type: Article

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