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Water Use from Plastic‐covered and Uncovered Corn Plots 1
Author(s) -
Shaw R. H.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1959.00021962005100030015x
Subject(s) - plastic film , agronomy , moisture , plot (graphics) , environmental science , mathematics , materials science , biology , composite material , layer (electronics) , statistics
Synopsis Soil moisture loss from plots where the ground surface was covered with plastic was 46% of the total loss from an uncovered plot. When intercepted water was included as water loss on the plastic‐covered plot, the loss from the plastic‐covered plot averaged 90% of that from an uncovered plot at low levels of radiation, and 72% at high levels of radiation.