Moisture retention characteristics of laterite soils of Kerala [India]
1984
Thulasidharan, C.K. | Nair, R.V. (College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara (India))
The water content of the 2mm sieved soil showed significant positive relation with clay and silt and negative relation with coarse and fine sand fractions. The effect of organic carbon content was not significant. The laterite soils were found to have an overall available water content of 3.1 per cent, when gravel retention was also included
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