Granular wetting agents ameliorate water repellency in turfgrass of contrasting soil organic matter content

Plant and Soil

Volumn 348, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 411-424

  Barton, Louise ^a   Colmer, Timothy David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dry patch; Molarity of ethanol droplet test; Sandy soils; Soil hydrophobicity; Soil water content; Turfgrass colour

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ETHANOL; FIELDWORK; GRASS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IRRIGATION; SANDY SOIL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT; WETTABILITY; WETTING;

PENNISETUM CLANDESTINUM; PENNISETUM FLACCIDUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; POACEAE;

EID: 80053568927     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0765-3     Document Type: Article

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