PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS FOR WATER RETENTION IN THE MAIN SOILS FROM THE BRAZILIAN COASTAL PLAINS

Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) are equations used to estimate soil characteristics difficult to determine from other easily obtained ones. Water retention in soil is used in several agronomic and environmental applications, but its direct determination is time consuming and onerous, therefore PTFs ar...

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Main Authors: Elidiane da Silva, Nilton Curi, Mozart Martins Ferreira, Margarete Marin Lordelo Volpato, Walbert Júnior Reis dos Santos, Sérgio Henrique Godinho Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Lavras 2015-08-01
Series:Ciência e Agrotecnologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542015000400331&lng=en&tlng=en