Hydrophobicity of soil

Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

Volumn Part 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 378-384

  Hallett, Paul D ^a   Bachmann, Jörg ^b   Czachor, Henryk ^c   Urbanek, Emilia ^d   Zhang, Bin ^e  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGROPHYSICS   (Poland)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

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EID: 85044181915     PISSN: 13884360     EISSN: 1871756X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3585-1_195     Document Type: Chapter

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