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Nature, 1971 Soil and Water : Physical Principles and Processes . By Daniel Hillel. (Physiological Ecology: a Series of Monographs and Treatises.) Pp. xiv + 288. (Academic: New York and London, January 1971.) $14; £6.55.
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, 2020 This chapter analyzes the intensification of water scarcity on a global scale, driven by deforestation, climate change, and intensively irrigated agriculture (qualitative water degradation will be analyzed in Chaps. 4 and 11). The pace of this intensification has been overwhelming scientific projections.
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2014
Restoration projects involving plant material will always require knowledge about the requirements for water and the suitability of the soil as a growing medium for the plant materials. Whether you are concerned with wetlands, forests, scrublands, or even deserts, you must know the historical aspects of water and soil conditions. Surprisingly, a number
John Rieger, Ray Traynor, John Stanley
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Restoration projects involving plant material will always require knowledge about the requirements for water and the suitability of the soil as a growing medium for the plant materials. Whether you are concerned with wetlands, forests, scrublands, or even deserts, you must know the historical aspects of water and soil conditions. Surprisingly, a number
John Rieger, Ray Traynor, John Stanley
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SOIL-WATER CONTENT DEPENDENCY OF WATER REPELLENCY IN SOILS
Soil Science, 2007Water repellency (WR) of soils is a global phenomenon. It affects hydrological processes such as infiltration, preferential flow, and surface erosion. Although the soil WR varies nonlinearly with soil-water content (w), WR is often determined at one fixed soil-water content. For a coarse sandy soil, we provide a comparison of the whole WR-w curve under
Lis Wollesen de Jonge +2 more
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Variability of soil water tension and soil water content
Agricultural Water Management, 1990Abstract The objective of this study was the variability in soil water tension and in soil water content in a field soil. A transect was established with 91 positions, 1 m apart. Soil water content was measured 16 times at 0.3 m depth before and after flooding of the transect. Soil water tension was measured 13 times after flooding.
P. J. Wierenga +2 more
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2015
This chapter deals with the properties of soil water which should be considered in any comprehensive theory of its behavior. The water present in the soil in its various stages of wetting has been described functionally by the terms hygroscopic, capillary, and gravitational water, and geometrically by the terms pendular and funicular water. It has been
Day, Paul R., Bolt, G.H., Anderson, D.M.
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This chapter deals with the properties of soil water which should be considered in any comprehensive theory of its behavior. The water present in the soil in its various stages of wetting has been described functionally by the terms hygroscopic, capillary, and gravitational water, and geometrically by the terms pendular and funicular water. It has been
Day, Paul R., Bolt, G.H., Anderson, D.M.
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Soil Water: Functions in Pedostructure
2007There are several models of soil water that consider the soil medium as an active site for chemical, physical, and biological processes with a bimodal porous medium, micro- and macropore systems. Few of these models consider the soil medium as a structured medium with aggregates.
Braudeau, Erik, Mohtar, Rabi, H.
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1975
In the three-phase system, solid-liquid-gas, which constitutes a soil, the liquid phase is the phase that feeds the plant. Not only is the solvent—water—a necessity of plant life, the liquid phase is also the medium of transport for the plant’s nutrients and, to a certain extent, of the gases involved in the metabolism of the plant. The availability of
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In the three-phase system, solid-liquid-gas, which constitutes a soil, the liquid phase is the phase that feeds the plant. Not only is the solvent—water—a necessity of plant life, the liquid phase is also the medium of transport for the plant’s nutrients and, to a certain extent, of the gases involved in the metabolism of the plant. The availability of
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Behavior of fenhexamid in soil and water
Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B, 2007A study was conducted to investigate fenhexamid (FEX) behavior in soil and in water. FEX proved to be rather stable at acid pH but showed slight degradation at neutral and alkaline pH. After 101 days of FEX spiking of a soil sample, 94% at pH 4, 12% at pH 7 and 23% at pH 9 of the active ingredient was still present.
ABBATE, CRISTINA +4 more
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2013
Abstract This chapter focuses on the benefits of the development of a management plan for the location of the infrastructure for the water supply and how water is to be applied to different soil types prior to blackberry cultivation. The importance of soil management in maintaining fertility, minimizing erosion of the topsoil and maintaining ...
R. C. Funt, H. K. Hall, D. S. Ross
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Abstract This chapter focuses on the benefits of the development of a management plan for the location of the infrastructure for the water supply and how water is to be applied to different soil types prior to blackberry cultivation. The importance of soil management in maintaining fertility, minimizing erosion of the topsoil and maintaining ...
R. C. Funt, H. K. Hall, D. S. Ross
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