Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations
3rd Edition
Published on 18. July 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
666 pages
978-0-323-95641-3 (ISBN)
Description
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 providing the definition of all physical units and the SI system and dealing with the structure of water and its special properties. Final sections explain the structure of plants and the mechanisms behind their interrelationships, especially the mechanism of water uptake and water flow within plants and how to assess parameters.
All chapters begin with a brief paragraph about why the topic is important and include all formulas necessary to calculate respective parameters. This third edition includes a new chapter on water relations of plants and soils in space as well as textbook problems and answers.
All chapters begin with a brief paragraph about why the topic is important and include all formulas necessary to calculate respective parameters. This third edition includes a new chapter on water relations of plants and soils in space as well as textbook problems and answers.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 236 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
1314 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-323-95641-3 (9780323956413)
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M. B. Kirkham is a Professor in the Department of Agronomy at Kansas State University. Her research involves two areas: soil-plant-water relations and uptake of heavy metals by crops grown on polluted soil (called "phytoremediation?). Dr. Kirkham is currently collaborating with colleagues at the Kansas State University Northwest Research-Extension Center in Colby, Kansas to study yield and water relations of sorghum grown under the semi-arid conditions of far western Kansas. Dr. Kirkham serves on several editorial boards: Soil Science; Journal of Crop Improvement; International Agrophysics; Crop Science; Australian Journal of Soil Research; Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment; Agricultural Water Management; Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research; Agricultural, Food and Analytical Bacteriology; and Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. In addition, Dr. Kirkham has received the CSSA Crop Science Research Award and the 2010-11 Iman Outstanding Faculty Award for Research.
Content
1. Introduction
2. Definitions of Physical Units and the International System
3. Structure and Properties of Water
4. Soil-Water Terminology and Applications
5. Tensiometers
6. Static Water in Soil
7. Water Movement in Saturated Soil
8. Time Domain Reflectometry
9. Dual Thermal Probes
10. Field Capacity, Wilting Point, Available Water, and the Nonlimiting Water Range
11. Penetrometers
12. Oxygen Diffusion Rate
13. Infiltration
14. Pore Volume
15. Root Anatomy and Poiseuille's Law for Water Flow in Roots
16. Gardner's Equation for Water Movement to Plant Roots
17. Stem Anatomy and Pressure-Volume Curves
18. Thermocouple Psychrometers
19. Pressure Chambers
20. The Ascent of Water in Plants
21. Sap Flow
22. Electrical Analogs for Water Movement through the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum
23. Leaf Anatomy and Leaf Elasticity
24. Stomatal Anatomy and Stomatal Resistance
25. Solar Radiation, Black Bodies, Heat Budget, and Radiation Balance
26. Infrared Thermometers
27. Stress-Degree-Day Concept and Crop Water Stress Index
28. Potential Evapotranspiration
29. Water and Yield
30. Solar Time and Interception of Direct-Beam Solar Radiation
31. Soil and Plant Water Relations under Microgravity
2. Definitions of Physical Units and the International System
3. Structure and Properties of Water
4. Soil-Water Terminology and Applications
5. Tensiometers
6. Static Water in Soil
7. Water Movement in Saturated Soil
8. Time Domain Reflectometry
9. Dual Thermal Probes
10. Field Capacity, Wilting Point, Available Water, and the Nonlimiting Water Range
11. Penetrometers
12. Oxygen Diffusion Rate
13. Infiltration
14. Pore Volume
15. Root Anatomy and Poiseuille's Law for Water Flow in Roots
16. Gardner's Equation for Water Movement to Plant Roots
17. Stem Anatomy and Pressure-Volume Curves
18. Thermocouple Psychrometers
19. Pressure Chambers
20. The Ascent of Water in Plants
21. Sap Flow
22. Electrical Analogs for Water Movement through the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum
23. Leaf Anatomy and Leaf Elasticity
24. Stomatal Anatomy and Stomatal Resistance
25. Solar Radiation, Black Bodies, Heat Budget, and Radiation Balance
26. Infrared Thermometers
27. Stress-Degree-Day Concept and Crop Water Stress Index
28. Potential Evapotranspiration
29. Water and Yield
30. Solar Time and Interception of Direct-Beam Solar Radiation
31. Soil and Plant Water Relations under Microgravity