Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations, 2e describes the principles of water relations within soils, followed by the uptake of water and its subsequent movement throughout and from the plant body. This is presented as a progressive series of physical and biological interrelations, even though each topic is treated in detail on its own. The book also describes equipment used to measure water in the soil-plant-atmosphere system. At the end of each chapter is a biography of a scientist whose principles are discussed in the chapter. In addition to new information on the concept of celestial time, this new edition also includes new chapters on methods to determine sap flow in plants dual-probe heat-pulse technique to monitor water in the root zone. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Definitions of Physical Units and the International System Structure and Properties of Water Soil-Water Terminology and Applications Tensiometers Static Water in Soil Water Movement in Saturated Soil Time Domain Reflectometry Dual Thermal Probes Field Capacity, Wilting Point, Available Water, and the Non-Limiting Water Range Penetrometers Oxygen Diffusion Rate Infiltration Pore Volume Root Anatomy and Poiseuille's Law for Water Flow in Roots Gardner's Equation for Water Movement to Plant Roots Stem Anatomy and Pressure-Volume Curves Thermocouple Psychrometers Pressure Chambers The Ascent of Water in Plants Sap Flow Electrical Analogues for Water Movement through the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum Leaf Anatomy and Leaf Elasticity Stomatal Anatomy and Stomatal Resistance Solar Radiation, Black Bodies, Heat Budget, and Radiation Balance Infrared Thermometers Stress-Degree-Day Concept and Crop-Water-Stress Index Potential Evapotranspiration Water and Yield Solar Time and Interception of Direct-Beam Solar Radiation...

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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.

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Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations, 2e describes the principles of water relations within soils, followed by the uptake of water and its subsequent movement throughout and from the plant body. This is presented as a progressive series of physical and biological interrelations, even though each topic is treated in detail on its own. The book also describes equipment used to measure water in the soil-plant-atmosphere system. At the end of each chapter is a biography of a scientist whose principles are discussed in the chapter. In addition to new information on the concept of celestial time, this new edition also includes new chapters on methods to determine sap flow in plants dual-probe heat-pulse technique to monitor water in the root zone.

Inhalt

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 Non-Limiting 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 Analogues 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