Comparison of water-retention functions obtained from the extended evaporation method and the standard methods sand/kaolin boxes and pressure plate extractor

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 527-534

  Schindler, Uwe ^a   Mueller, Lothar ^a   da Veiga, Milton ^b   Zhang, Yuming ^c   Schlindwein, Sandro ^d   Hu, Chunsheng ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b EMPRESA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUÁRIA E EXTENSÃO RURAL DE SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

PF curve.; Soil hydraulic functions; Soil hydraulic properties; Soil water storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864945176     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201100325     Document Type: Article

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