Methodologies and the Practical Aspects of the Bulk Soil EC (σa)-Soil Solution EC (σw) Relations

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 88, Issue , 2005, Pages 273-312

  Nadler, Arie ^a  

^a Water and the Environment   (Israel)

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EID: 33645923701     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2113(05)88007-1     Document Type: Review

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