Hydrophysical and biological properties of sandy substrata enriched with hydrogel

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2355-2362

  Baran, Agnieszka ^a   Zaleski, Tomasz ^a   Kulikowski, Edward ^b   Wieczorek, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^b Sp Z Oo   (Poland)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Hydrogel; Plant survivability; Sandy substrates; Water retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043291735     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15244/PJOES/59258     Document Type: Article

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