Principles of soil and plant water relations / M.B. Kirkham.
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- ISBN: 0124097510 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780124097513 (alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xvii, 500 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Amsterdam ; Elsevier Academic Press, c2005.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- 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.
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