Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations - Softcover

Kirkham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0323956416 ISBN 13: 9780323956413

Publisher: Academic Press, 2023

Synopsis

Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations, Third Edition describes the fundamental principles of soil and water relationships in relation to water storage in soil and water uptake by plants. The book explains why it is important to know about soil-plant-water relations, with subsequent chapters providing the definition of all physical units and the SI system and dealing with the structure of water and its special properties. Final sections explain the structure of plants and the mechanisms behind their interrelationships, especially the mechanism of water uptake and water flow within plants and how to assess parameters.

All chapters begin with a brief paragraph about why the topic is important and include all formulas necessary to calculate respective parameters. This third edition includes a new chapter on water relations of plants and soils in space as well as textbook problems and answers.

• Covers plant anatomy, an essential component to understanding soil and plant water relations
• includes problems and answers to help students apply key concepts
• Provides the biography of the scientist whose principles are discussed in the chapter

About this title

About the Author

M. B. Kirkham is a Professor in the Department of Agronomy at Kansas State University. Her research involves two areas: soil-plant-water relations and uptake of heavy metals by crops grown on polluted soil (called “phytoremediation”). Dr. Kirkham is currently collaborating with colleagues at the Kansas State University Northwest Research-Extension Center in Colby, Kansas to study yield and water relations of sorghum grown under the semi-arid conditions of far western Kansas. Dr. Kirkham serves on several editorial boards: Soil Science; Journal of Crop Improvement; International Agrophysics; Crop Science; Australian Journal of Soil Research; Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment; Agricultural Water Management; Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research; Agricultural, Food and Analytical Bacteriology; and Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. In addition, Dr. Kirkham has received the CSSA Crop Science Research Award and the 2010-11 Iman Outstanding Faculty Award for Research.

From the Back Cover

Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations, Third Edition, 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. This 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. Because of the increased interest of plants in space, this edition has a new chapter dealing with soil and plant water relations under microgravity. In addition, problems with answers have been added to each chapter.

Key features

• Includes the struggles and accomplishments of scientists who developed the theories, which are given in short biographies
• 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

About the author

M. B. Kirkham is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agronomy at Kansas State University and does research involving two areas: soil–plant–water relations and uptake of heavy metals by crops grown on polluted soil (called "phytoremediation"). Dr. Kirkham collaborates with colleagues at Kansas State University to study yield and water relations of crops grown under the semiarid conditions of Kansas. Dr. Kirkham serves on several editorial boards including Pedosphere, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Agricultural Water Management, and many others. In addition, Dr. Kirkham has received the CSSA Crop Science Research Award and the 2010–11 Iman Outstanding Faculty Award for Research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323956416
• ISBN 13: 9780323956413
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 666