Hydraulic core extraction: Cutting device for soil-root studies

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 1080-1089

  Kornecki, T S ^a   Prior, S A ^a   Runion, G B ^a   Rogers, H H ^a   Erbach, D C ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Large diameter soil cores; Root sampling; Soil processing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CUTTING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTRACTION METHOD; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL ANALYSIS; STEEL;

EID: 41349120529     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620801925588     Document Type: Article

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