Estimating plant-available water capacity for claypan landscapes using apparent electrical conductivity

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1902-1908

  Jiang, Pingping ^a   Anderson, Stephen H ^b   Kitchen, Newell R ^c   Sudduth, Kenneth A ^c   Sadler, E John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SOIL WATER PRESSURE; TOPSOIL THICKNESS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COMPUTATION THEORY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL SURVEYS;

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SAMPLING; SILTY SOIL; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; SUBSOIL; TOPSOIL; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 36448930575     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0011     Document Type: Article

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