Field methods for monitoring soil water status

Soil-Water-Solute Process Characterization an Integrated Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 167-195

  Muñoz Carpena, Rafael ^a   Ritter, Axel ^b   Bosch, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO CANARIO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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