Substituting stem's water content by electrical conductivity for monitoring water status changes

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1006-1013

  Nadler, Arie ^a   Tyree, Melvin T ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; POLLUTION DETECTION;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IN TREES; IRRIGATION PRACTICES; SENSITIVE DETECTION; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (TDR); WATER STATUS; WOOD WATER CONTENT;

WATER CONTENT;

DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; LEACHING; MONITORING; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SALINITY; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 47249112576     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0244     Document Type: Article

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