Principles of soil and plant water relations /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Elsevier Academic Press,
©2005.
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Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=195008 |
Table of Contents:
- Definitions of physical units and the international system
- Structure and properties of water
- Tensiometers
- Soil-water terminology and applications
- Static water in soil
- Water Movement in saturated soil
- Field capacity, wilting point, available water, and the nonlimiting water range
- Penetrometer measurements
- Measurement of oxygen diffusion rate
- Infiltration
- Pore volume
- Time domain reflectometry to measure volumetric soil water content
- Root anatomy and Poiseuille's law for water flow in roots
- Gardner's equation for water movement to plant roots
- Measurement of water potential with thermocouple psychrometers
- Measurement of water potential with pressure chambers
- Stem anatomy and measurement of osmotic potential and turgor potential using pressure-volume curves
- The ascent of water in plants
- Electrical analogues for water movement through the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum
- Leaf anatomy and leaf elasticity
- Stomata and measurement of stomatal resistance
- Solar radiation, black bodies, heat budget, and radiation balance
- Measurement of canopy temperature with infrared thermometers
- Stress-degree-day concept and crop-water-stress index
- Potential evapotranspiration
- Water and yield.