Benefits of treating a sandy soil with a crosslinked-type polyacrylamide

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 579-584

  Sivapalan, S ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Irrigation interval; Plant water use efficiency; Soil water holding capacity

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; PLANT; SANDY SOIL; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; WATER RETENTION;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 33645972300     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA04026     Document Type: Article

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