Soil water content

Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 939-961

  Topp, G Clarke ^a   Parkin, G W ^b   Ferre, Ty P A ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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