Calibration of a capacitance probe in a paleudult

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 636-640

  Da Silva, Cláudio Ricardo ^a   De Andrade Jr , Aderson Soares ^b   Alves Jr , José ^c   De Souza, Antonio Barros ^a   Melo, Francisco De Brito ^b   Coelho Filho, Maurício Antonio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA ARROZ E FEIJÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

FDR probe; Irrigation; Sensor; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349119795     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-90162007000600012     Document Type: Article

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