Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations

3. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-323-95641-3
Verlag: Elsevier Inc

Buch, Englisch, 666 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1128 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kirkham, M. B.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Hydrobiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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