Discussion of “Soil Water Retention Characteristics of Vertisols and Pedotransfer Functions Based on Nearest Neighbor and Neural Networks Approaches to Estimate AWC” by N. G. Patil, D. K. Pal, C. Mandal, and D. K. Mandal
Publication: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 139, Issue 6
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Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 139 • Issue 6 • June 2013
Pages: 512 - 515
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Received: May 8, 2012
Accepted: May 18, 2012
Published online: May 15, 2013
Published in print: Jun 1, 2013
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