Which of the following statements concerning applications or capabilities of soil moisture measuring devices is (are) true for the use of a drying oven and balance?

A) requires "destructive sampling" for each measurement
B) good to turn on automatic irrigation at -5.0 kPa
C) used to turn on irrigation when soil moisture potential reaches -20.0 kPa
D) gives same reading for loamy sand and silt loam if both contained 15% moisture
E) both A and D


E

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