National Soil Judging Contest Manual 2007

Water retention difference represents the amount of plant-available water that can be retained from the mineral soil surface to the top of a restrictive layer (see Effective Rooting Depth) or a depth of 150 cm, which ever is shallower. We will use the following general relationships between texture and water retention difference (Table wrd-1) ................
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