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Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations

Autor M.B. Kirkham
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 iun 2014
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.

  • Provides the necessary understanding to address advancing problems in water availability for meeting ecological requirements at local, regional and global scales
  • Covers plant anatomy: an essential component to understanding soil and plant water relations
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780124200227
ISBN-10: 0124200222
Pagini: 598
Ilustrații: 224 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.84 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE

Public țintă

upper-undergraduates graduates, and professionals interested in soil-plant-water relations

Cuprins

  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

Recenzii

""Unique in various ways, and above all is a pleasure to read or browse through. Each chapter contains plenty of references and has extraordinary detail, as one might expect from Mary Beth Kirkham. Unlike most other textbooks Mary Beth devotes many chapters solely to specific instrumentation, including chapters on tensiometry, soil penetrometers, soil oxygen diffusion rate, tension infiltrometry, time domain reflectometry, psychrometry, pressure chambers, and infared thermometers...the author presents thorough explanations based on physical principles that are intuitive, clear, and refreshing. The care exercised by Mary Beth in writing and reviewing this material is exemplified by the fact that I could not find a single error, either in the typesetting or in the scientific contents...an excellent text for an introduction in soil-water-plant relations. I also find it an extremely valuable reference for my own library because of the supplementary material that I usually cannot find in other related textbooks. I would highly recommend it for students and professionals alike.""- Jan W. Hopmans, University of California, Davis

""The sheer magnitude of this book's subject matter could overwhelm many readers, but Dr. Kirkham spares us this fate by virtue of superb organization, foundation building, and clear, example-rich writing...I am pleased to recommend this book to students and scientists at any level who profess interest in soil-water science or plant-water relations, and to dendrochronologists or environmental botanists who investigate the effects of water stresses upon tree growth and structure. It would serve as an excellent text for a graduate or advanced undergraduate course, as well, and indeed I expect it to become the standard for this purpose. I would gladly spend my own money for this book, which today joins other timely references on the lowest shelf of my bookcase, within arm's reach.""-T.M. Yanosky, U.S. Geological Survey, in JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, VOL. 34, AUG. 2005

""[Kirkham's] writing style is a beautiful blend of the formal and the familiar, resulting in the feeling that you are not so much reading the text, as seeing the seminar on which the text was based...I enjoyed reading this unique book because it assembled many important aspects of water relations into one concise format. Kirkham guides you on a journey of discovery (or in my case re-discovery) of the principles underlying the concepts and practices of plant and soil water relations. Her book provides perfect foundation for university courses on the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum...Kirkham's book is a powerful reference tool for plant and soil scientists alike. Keep this book on your desk so that you can present it to the next plant breeder who walks into your office asking for help to develop a simple test for screening drought tolerance in plants.""- Malcom J. Morrison, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, ECORC, in Agriculture Ecosystems amp;amp;amp; Environment