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Terminology in Plant- and Soil-Water Relations

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  1. Division of Land Research and Regional Survey, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra

    R. O. SLATYER

  2. Department of Agronomy, Utah State University, Logan

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SLATYER, R., TAYLOR, S. Terminology in Plant- and Soil-Water Relations. Nature 187, 922–924 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187922a0

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