Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations

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Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations

Publisher: Academic Press
Number Of Pages: 520
Publication Date: 2004-09-30
Sales Rank: 305292
ISBN / ASIN: 0124097510
EAN: 9780124097513
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: Academic Press
Studio: Academic Press
Average Rating: 3

Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations combines biology and physics to show how water moves through the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. This text explores the instrumentation and the methods used to measure the status of water in soil and plants. The basic methods of tensiometry, pyschrometry, stomatal porometry, as well as newer methods of tension infiltrometry; time domain reflectometry are examined. Principles are clearly presented with the aid of diagrams, anatomical figures, and images of instrumentation. An added feature includes short biographies of important scientists at the end of each chapter.

Intended for graduate students in plant and soil science programs, this book also serves as a useful reference for agronomists, plant ecologists, and agricultural engineers

* Principles are presented in an easy-to-understand style
* Heavily illustrated with more than 200 figures; diagrams are professionally drawn
* Anatomical figures show root, stem, leaf, and stomata
* Figures of instruments show how they work
* Book is carefully referenced, giving sources for all information
* Struggles and accomplishments of scientists who developed the theories are given in short biographies.

Review:

Soil, Plant, Water & Atmosphere

This book is an attempt to create SPAC Soil, Plant, Atmosphere Continuum. But looks more like a series of lecture notes. Written in clear manner covering aspects of water in soil, plant and atmosphere. Each chapter also has a brief biography of famous person responsible in the topic discusses from Richards to Nielsen, Hertz, Boltzmann etc. Also contained instruments, and anecdote behind them such as how disc permeameter evolved and patented.
In Chapter 2 the author stressed the importance of using SI units. But other chapters still use non SI units eg. dynes/cm3, bar.
The author tries to incorporate many modern instruments, but some classical methods and theories still used. such as using wheatstone bridge to measure conductivity and electrical analogue.

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