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A greenhouse experiment finds water-sorbing polymers do not conserve water

authors

John Letey, UC Riverside
Pete R. Clark, UC Riverside
Christopher Amrhein, UC Riverside

publication information

California Agriculture 46(3):9-10. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v046n03p9. May-June 1992.

Summary

Polymers do not alter the amount of water plants need; they only alter the storage capacity of soil between irrigations.

author affiliations

J. Letey is Professor, Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside. P. R. Clark is Staff Research Associate, Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside. C. Amrhein is Assistant Professor, Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside.

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