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Rhizosphere-Scale Quantification of Hydraulic and Mechanical Properties of Soil Impacted by Root and Seed Exudates [PDF]
Vadose Zone Journal, 2018 Using rhizosphere-scale physical measurements, we tested the hypothesis that plant exudates gel together soil particles and, on drying, enhance soil water repellency. Barley ( L. cv. Optic) and maize ( L. cv. Freya) root exudates were compared with chia (
M. Naveed +9 more
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Water-entry pressure in water repellent soils: a review [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 Water repellent soils can be naturally promoted (e.g. after wildfires) or synthetically induced by mixing with hydrophobic compounds (e.g. polydimethylsiloxane).
Xing Xin, Lourenço Sérgio D.N.
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A brief overview of the causes, impacts and amelioration of soil water repellency - a review
Soil and Water Research, 2008 This article describes the phenomenon of soil water repellency, starting from the fundamental principals of water transport and storage in soil. Soil water repellency is a reduction in the rate of wetting and retention of water in soil caused by the ...
Paul D. Hallett
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Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2021 Biocrusts are biological communities that occupy the soil surface, accumulate organic matter and mineral particles and hence strongly affect the properties of the soils they cover.
Drahorad Sylvie Laureen +3 more
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Do topical repellents divert mosquitoes within a community? Health equity implications of topical repellents as a mosquito bite prevention tool. [PDF]
, 2013 OBJECTIVES: Repellents do not kill mosquitoes--they simply reduce human-vector contact. Thus it is possible that individuals who do not use repellents but dwell close to repellent users experience more bites than otherwise.
DC Chavasse +22 more
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Soil and Water Research, 2015 This paper evaluates the relationship between water repellency and multiple characteristics of topsoil samples belonging to seven Reference Soil Groups, taken from the area of the White Carpathians and the Myjavska pahorkatina Upland.
Lucia KOŘENKOVÁ +4 more
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Water-repellent soil and its relationship to granularity, surface roughness and hydrophobicity: a materials science view [PDF]
, 2005 Considerable soil water repellency has been observed at a wide range of locations worldwide. The soil exhibiting water repellency is found within the upper part of the soil profile.
McHale, Glen +2 more
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Soil and Water Research, 2008 Soil water repellency has important consequences for ecological and hydrological properties of soils and usually retards infiltration capacity and induces preferential flow. This phenomenon has been known to occur on a wide range of sites under a variety
Niels Arne Wahl
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Impact of basidiomycete fungi on the wettability of soil contaminated with a hydrophobic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon [PDF]
, 2006 Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) present a challenge to bioremediation because they are hydrophobic, thus influencing the water availability and repellency of soil.
Hallett, Paul D. +2 more
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Plant, Soil and Environment, 2002 The effects of kaolinite additions and drying temperature on the persistence of soil water repellency, induced by humic acids from peat, were assessed in this study.
Ľ. Lichner, N. Babejová, L.W. Dekker
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