Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations

M. B. Kirkham - Collection SIENCE/Botany - TECHNOLOGY/Agriculture/Soil Science

500 pages, parution le 05/11/2004

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Résumé

Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations follows water as it moves through the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum (SPAC). Developed from award-winning lectures for a Kansas State University graduate class, this text applies fundamental laws and principles in physics, chemistry, and biology to the concepts and the movement of water in the SPAC. Information is clearly presented with the aid of professionally drawn diagrams, anatomical figures, and images of instrumentation. Chapters combine theory and practice, and include a variety of instrumentation examples and research approaches to measure soil and plant water status.

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.

Features

Presents fundamental principles in an easy-to-understand style
Features more than 200 professionally drawn figures and illustrations
Provides comprehensive reference lists for further research
Includes short biographies of prominent scientists in the field

L'auteur - M. B. Kirkham

M.B. Kirkham , Kansas State University, Manhattan, U.S.A.

Sommaire

Introduction
Definitions of Physical Units and the International System
Structure and Properties of Water
Tensiometers
Terminology
Static Water in Soil
Water Movement in Saturated Soil
Field Capacity, Permanent Wilting, Available Water, and the Non-Limiting Water Range Penetrometer Measurements
Measurement of Oxygen Diffusion Rate
Infiltration
Pore Volume
Measurement of Soil Water Content using Time Domain Reflectometry
Root Anatomy and Poiseuille's Law
Water Movement to Plant Roots and Gardner's Equation
Measurement of Water Potential with Thermocouple Psychrometers
Measurement of Water Potential with Pressure Chambers
Stem Anatomy and Measurement of Osmotic Potential and Turgor Potential
Cohesion Theory
Electrical Analogues
Leaf Anatomy and Elasticity
Stomatal Anatomy and Stomatal Resistance
Solar Radiation and Black Bodies
Measurement of Canopy Temperature with Infrared Thermometers
Crop-Water-Stress Index
Potential Evapotranspiration
Water and Yield

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Elsevier
Auteur(s)	M. B. Kirkham
Collection	SIENCE/Botany - TECHNOLOGY/Agriculture/Soil Science
Parution	05/11/2004
Nb. de pages	500
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	936g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780124097513
ISBN13	978-0-12-409751-3