Measuring soil water content: A review

HortTechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-300

  Bittelli, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental methods; Sensors; Spatial scales; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959851655     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.21.3.293     Document Type: Review

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