Physico-bio-chemical properties of sandy soil conditioned with acrylamide hydrogels after cucumber plantation

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 3145-3151

  El Hady, O A ^a   Abd El Kader, A A ^a   Shafi, A M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acrylamide hydrogels; Physico bio chemical properties; Sandy soil; Soil conditioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953528708     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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