... Soilwater repellency (WR) is a widespread phenomenon caused by aggregated organic matter (OM) and layers of hydrophobic organic substances coating the surface of soil ...in soil organic ...
... reason, water content measurements are needed to keep a suitable water ...of soil moisture sensors provides a reliable alternative for improving the water use efficiency, as water is ...
... and soilwater status in an irrigated ...stopped. Soilwater availability was measured using a TDR technique with forty buried ...on water consumption in the vineyard. At maturity, leaf ...
... the soil for resources and to out-compete inter-planted perennial ...for water may become important in shallower soil layers if rapid uptake of rainfall water is required for drought relief, ...
... the water retention curve on evaporation from arid ...when water content is less than residual water ...considers water retention as a function of the saturation, rather than of the effective ...
... Water was withheld in the three species until soilwater content reached 30%. F. bidentis showed higher rates of assimilation than F. trinervia and F. robusta under both well-watered and ...
... the soil wa- ter content at which plant water stress was evident corresponded to a mean SWC value of 210 mm in the ...m soil upper layer (mean volu- metric soilwater content of ...the ...
... cropping, soil physical properties could change mainly due to the climatic factor effect, crop type and wheel traff ...selected soil physical properties of an Aquic Argiudoll under no-tillage, focusing on ...
... The soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) is defined as the relationship between the degree of saturation ...volumetric water content) and the soil suction ...of water in the ...
... where soilwater flow was governed by a tipping-bucket-type ...on soilwater distribution, and that errors introduced by these assumptions do not strongly influence recharge ...equation. ...
... on soilwater infiltration, the crop residues were removed from the soil ...the soil, the surface was flattened with a spatula and a thin dry sand layer was spread on ...of soil ...
... this soil thickness is a result of the interaction of the arid conditions (excessive evaporation and scarce rainfall), poor natural drainage and the rise of phreatic waters due to capillarity, as well as of ...
... specific soil thermal characteristics such as the soil heat capacity, soil thermal conductivity or soilwater ...the soil thermal response (using a thermal sensor) adjacent to ...
... We hypothesized that clipping the aboveground por- tion of weedy herbs could enhance the performance of transplanted woody seedlings by increasing soilwater availability. Additionally, by reducing the ...
... Soilwater repellency (SWR) is caused by hydrophobic organic substances released by plant residues, roots or soil microorganisms that inhibit or delay rainwater ...penetrates soil deeply, ...
... Munsell Soil Color Chart. Soil moisture was determined by subtracting the mass of a sample of dried soil (105 °C, 24h) from that of this sample before ...Five soil samples were collected from ...
... Soilwater potential is another important factor determining ...decreasing water potential, but some species can maintain a relatively high germination percentage even at quite low water ...
... internal water potential is a consequence of the soil–plant atmospheric continuum and consists of the ten- sion caused by the water pressure deficit of the atmosphere, regulative processes of leaves, ...
... for soil moisture were used to estimate the tangent linear of the H matrix and a smaller size of the soilwater content perturbation was ...of soil moisture background error variance and the ...
... Abstract. Feedbacks between vegetation and resource inputs can lead to the local, self- organization of ecosystem properties. In particular, feedbacks in response to directional resources (e.g., coastal fog, slope runoff ...