Water availability in different soils in relation to hydrogel application

Geoderma

Volumn 187-188, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-101

  Narjary, Bhaskar ^a   Aggarwal, Pramila ^a   Singh, Anupama ^a   Chakraborty, Debashis ^a   Singh, Ravender ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Hydraulic properties; Hydrogel; Relative available water capacity; Soil types; Soil water characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; ALLUVIAL SOIL; AVAILABLE WATER CAPACITIES; BLACK CLAY SOIL; BLACK SOIL; BULK DENSITY; CHANGE PATTERNS; CRITICAL LIMIT; DRYING PATTERN; GEL TREATMENT; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; IRRIGATION INTERVAL; PER UNIT; PORE DIAMETERS; SANDY LOAMS; SANDY SOILS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL TYPES; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SOIL WATER RETENTION; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVES; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; UNDISTURBED SOILS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RELEASE;

CLAY; DRYING; HYDROGELS; SAND; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SOIL SURVEYS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AVAILABLE WATER CAPACITY; BULK DENSITY; CLAY SOIL; EVAPORATION; GRAVIMETRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION; LABORATORY METHOD; POLYMER; POREWATER; SANDY LOAM; SANDY SOIL; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 84861336529     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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