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The significance of the permanent wilting percentage in studies of plant and soil water relations

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Slatyer, R.O. The significance of the permanent wilting percentage in studies of plant and soil water relations. Bot. Rev 3, 585–636 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02870151

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