Enhancing the available water content in unsaturated soil zone using hydrogel, to improve plant growth indices

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-75

  Koupai, Jahangir Abedi ^a   Eslamian, Seyed Saeid ^a   Kazemi, Jafar Asad ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arid zones; Ligusrum ovalifolium; Soil water retention; Super absorb; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; PLANT; SOIL WATER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 65649111153     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10104-009-0005-0     Document Type: Article

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