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A Technique for Using Permanent Neutron Meter Access Tubes in Cultivated Soils

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

K. R. Howse
K. R. Howse
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council Letcombe Laboratory, Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12 9JT, England
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Summary

A technique is described that allows neutron meter access tubes to be reinstated in tilled soil without disturbance below the depth of ploughing or tine cultivation. In a test there was no evidence of greater water movement to depth around reinstated access tubes compared with newly inserted ones.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , July 1981 , pp. 265 - 269
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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