water-holding capacity
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capacity
noun
uk/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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A comparison of methods to estimatewater-holdingcapacityin post-rigor porcine muscle.
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Drip-loss orwater-holdingcapacityis the ability of meat to retain its own water during cutting, heating, grinding and pressing.
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The maximumwater-holdingcapacityof moss was estimated from the difference between moist and dry weight.
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These operations destroy organic matter, reduce thewater-holdingcapacityof our light sands and increase soil susceptibility to wind erosion.
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Bacteria in coarse-grained soils such as sands and gravel are particularly sensitive to osmotic shock, since thewater-holdingcapacityin such soils is generally low.
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Soil amendments and crop rotations have been shown to increase soil organic matter and improvewater-holdingcapacity.
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Four farmers commented that they consider soilwater-holdingcapacityto be the most distinguishing feature between good and poor quality soils.
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This location represents the newly reclaimed sandy soil of low fertility and lowwater-holdingcapacity.
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The maximumwater-holdingcapacityof bryophytes was 10-13 times that of dry weight.
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The practice was to irrigate everything the same but because the water infiltration rate and water-holdingcapacitywas higher, it could be irrigated longer without having standing water.
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Water availability will therefore limit yield in many areas, with yield potential determined by thewater-holdingcapacityof the soil and rainfall.
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Soil bulk density, total porosity andwater-holdingcapacitywere not affected by the fallowing practices.
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Despite its apparent importance for the ecology of tropical rain forest plants, the role of thewater-holdingcapacityof soils during drought has received little attention.
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It increases thewater-holdingcapacityof light soils and improves the structure and working of clays.
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The importance of humus in this problem of desiccation is that humus has awater-holdingcapacitywhich is about eight times that of sand and four times that of clay.
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