How well does zone sampling based on soil electrical conductivity maps represent soil variability?

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1472-1480

  Shaner, D L ^a   Khosla, R ^b   Brodahl, M K ^a   Buchleiter, G W ^a   Farahani, H J ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

SOIL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL SAMPLING; SOIL VARIABILITIES;

SOILS;

EID: 53149085244     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0060     Document Type: Article

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