Influence of sodium polyacrylate on the water-holding capacity of three different soils and effects on growth of wheat

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-209

  Geesing, D ^a   Schmidhalter, U ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrophilic polymer; Sodium polyacrylate; Soil conditioner; Water retention

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; POLYMER; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 3343025650     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/SUM2004241     Document Type: Article

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