Principles of Soil and Plant Water RelationsPrinciples of Soil and Plant Water Relations combines biology and physics to show how water moves through the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. This text explores the instrumentation and the methods used to measure the status of water in soil and plants. Principles are clearly presented with the aid of diagrams, anatomical figures, and images of instrumentation. The methods on instrumentation can be used by researchers, consultants, and the military to monitor soil degradation, including measurements of soil compaction, repellency, oxygen diffusion rate, and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity. Intended for graduate students in plant and soil science programs, this book also serves as a useful reference for agronomists, plant ecologists, and agricultural engineers. * Principles are presented in an easy-to-understand style * Heavily illustrated with more than 200 figures; diagrams are professionally drawn * Anatomical figures show root, stem, leaf, and stomata * Figures of instruments show how they work * Book is carefully referenced, giving sources for all information * Struggles and accomplishments of scientists who developed the theories are given in short biographies. |
Contents
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Chapter 4 Tensiometers | 41 |
Chapter 5 SoilWater Terminology and Applications | 55 |
Chapter 6 Static Water in Soil | 67 |
Chapter 7 Water Movement in Saturated Soil | 85 |
Chapter 8 Field Capacity Wilting Point Available Water and the NonLimiting Water Range | 101 |
Chapter 16 Measurement of Water Potential with Thermocouple Psychrometers | 241 |
Chapter 17 Measurement of Water Potential with Pressure Chambers | 263 |
Chapter 18 Stem Anatomy and Measurement of Osmotic Potential and Turgor Potential Using PressureVolume Curves | 281 |
Chapter 19 The Ascent of Water in Plants | 315 |
Chapter 20 Electrical Analogues for Water Movement through the SoilPlantAtmosphere Continuum | 341 |
Chapter 21 Leaf Anatomy and Leaf Elasticity | 357 |
Chapter 22 Stomata and Measurement of Stomatal Resistance | 379 |
Chapter 23 Solar Radiation Black Bodies Heat Budget and Radiation Balance | 403 |
Chapter 9 Penetrometer Measurements | 117 |
Chapter 10 Measurement of Oxygen Diffusion Rate | 129 |
Chapter 11 Infiltration | 145 |
Chapter 12 Pore Volume | 173 |
Chapter 13 Time Domain Reflectometry to Measure Volumetric Soil Water Content | 187 |
Chapter 14 Root Anatomy and Poiseuilles Law for Water Flow in Roots | 207 |
Chapter 15 Gardners Equation for Water Movement to Plant Roots | 229 |
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