Principles of soil and plant water relations /
Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations, Third Edition describes the fundamental principles of soil and water relationships in relation to water storage in soil and water uptake by plants. The book explains why it is important to know about soil-plant-water relations, with subsequent chapters p...
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London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA, United States :
Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,
[2023]
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Definitions of physical units and the international system
- Structure and properties of water
- Soil-water terminology and applications
- Tensiometers
- Static water in soil
- Water movement in saturated soil
- Time domain reflectometry
- Dual thermal probes
- Field capacity, wilting point, available water, and the nonlimiting water range
- Penetrometers
- Oxygen diffusion rate
- Infiltration
- Pore volume
- Root anatomy and Poiseuille's law for water flow in roots
- Gardner's equation for water movement to plant roots
- Stem anatomy and pressure-volume curves
- Thermocouple psychrometers
- Pressure chambers
- The ascent of water in plants
- Sap flow
- Electrical analogs for water movement through the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum
- Leaf anatomy and leaf elasticity
- Stomatal anatomy and stomatal resistance
- Solar radiation, black bodies, heat budget, and radiation balance
- Infrared thermometers
- Stress-degree-day concept and crop water stress index
- Potential evapotranspiration
- Water and yield
- Solar time and interception of direct-beam solar radiation
- Soil and plant water relations under microgravity.