scholarly journals Variation in soil water uptake and its effect on plant water status in Juglans regia L. during dry and wet seasons

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 1378-1389 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.-J. Sun ◽  
P. Meng ◽  
J.-S. Zhang ◽  
X. Wan
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Uptake ◽  
Water Status ◽  
Juglans Regia ◽  
Plant Water Status ◽  
Plant Water

Shoot hydraulic characteristics, plant water status and stomatal response in olive trees under different soil water conditions

2013 ◽  
Vol 373 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 77-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Torres-Ruiz ◽  
A. Diaz-Espejo ◽  
A. Morales-Sillero ◽  
M. J. Martín-Palomo ◽  
S. Mayr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Status ◽  
Plant Water Status ◽  
Plant Water ◽  
Stomatal Response ◽  
Hydraulic Characteristics ◽  
Water Conditions ◽  
Olive Trees ◽  
Soil Water Conditions

Soil Moisture as Predictor of Plant Water Status

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 110-115
Author(s):  
Johannes Hertzler ◽  
Steffen Rust
Keyword(s):  
Water Potential ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Status ◽  
Soil Water Potential ◽  
Irrigation Scheduling ◽  
Plant Water Status ◽  
Plant Water ◽  
Estimation Errors ◽  
Plant Available Water ◽  
The Relationship

Soil water potential can be used as a proxy for plant available water in irrigation scheduling. This study investigated the relationship between soil water potential and plant water status of pines (Pinus sylvestris L.) planted into two different substrates. Predawn leaf water potential as a well-established measure of the plant water status and soil water potential correlated very well. However, estimating the plant water status from individual sensor readings is subject to significant estimation errors. Furthermore, it was shown that heterogeneous soil/root ball combinations can lead to critical effects on the soil water balance, and that sensors installed outside of the root balls cannot estimate the plant water status without site-specific calibration.

scholarly journals Soil apparent electrical conductivity and must carbon isotope ratio provide indication of plant water status in wine grape vineyards

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Runze Yu ◽  
Daniele Zaccaria ◽  
Isaya Kisekka ◽  
S. Kaan Kurtural
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Soil Water Content ◽  
Leaf Gas Exchange ◽  
Water Status ◽  
Carbon Isotope Ratio ◽  
Plant Water Status ◽  
Plant Water ◽  
Relative Importance

AbstractProximal sensing is being integrated into vineyard management as it provides rapid assessments of spatial variability of soils’ and plants’ features. The electromagnetic induction (EMI) technology is used to measure soil apparent electrical conductivity (ECa) with proximal sensing and enables to appraise soil characteristics and their possible effects on plant physiological responses. This study was conducted in a micro irrigated Cabernet Sauvignon (Vitis vinifera L.) vineyard to investigate the technical feasibility of appraising plant water status and its spatial variability using soil ECa and must carbon isotope ratio analysis (δ13C). Soil temperature and soil water content were monitored in-situ using time domain reflectometry (TDR) sensors. Soil ECa was measured with EMI at two depths [0–1.5 m (deep ECa) and 0–0.75 m (shallow ECa)] over the course of the crop season to capture the temporal dynamics and changes. At the study site, the main physical and chemical soil characteristics, i.e. soil texture, gravel, pore water electrical conductivity (ECe), organic carbon, and soil water content at field capacity, were determined from samples collected auguring the soil at equidistant points that were identified using a regular grid. Midday stem water potential (Ψstem) and leaf gas exchange, including stomatal conductance (gs), net carbon assimilation (An), and intrinsic water use efficiency (WUEi) were measured periodically in the vineyard. The δ13C of produced musts was measured at harvest. The results indicated that soil water content (relative importance = 24%) and texture (silt: relative importance = 22.4% and clay: relative importance = 18.2%) were contributing the most towards soil ECa. Deep soil ECa was directly related to Ψstem (r2 = 0.7214) and gs (r2 = 0.5007). Likewise, δ13C of must was directly related to Ψstem (r2 = 0.9127), gs (r2 = 0.6985), and An (r2 = 0.5693). Results from this work provided relevant information on the possibility of using spatial soil ECa sensing and δ13C analysis to infer plant water status and leaf gas exchange in micro irrigated vineyards.

scholarly journals Irrigation Factor Approach Based on Soil Water Content: A Nectarine Orchard Case Study

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Vera ◽  
Wenceslao Conejero ◽  
María Conesa ◽  
M. Ruiz-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Water Status ◽  
Irrigation Scheduling ◽  
Plant Water Status ◽  
Plant Water ◽  
Stem Water Potential ◽  
Water Requirements ◽  
Irrigation Drainage

Precision agriculture requires irrigation supported by an accurate knowledge of the crop water requirements. In this paper, a novel approach for drip irrigation scheduling of fruit trees is presented based on the results obtained during a full growing season in an early-maturing nectarine orchard growing in a clay loam soil in a Mediterranean environment. Real-time water content was monitored in the soil profile of the main root exploration zone by means of capacitance probes; in addition, plant water status (midday stem water potential and leaf gas exchange) and canopy development were frequently measured throughout the vegetative cycle. The reference evapotranspiration (ET0) values, taken from a nearby automatic meteorological station, and the measured irrigation values allowed the determination of the irrigation factors once irrigation drainage during the season was assumed to be negligible and plant water status was proved to be adequate. The proposed irrigation factors offer a hands-on approach as an easy tool for irrigation management based on suitable soil water deficits, allowing the water requirements of nectarine trees under precision irrigation to be determined in semi-arid agrosystems where water resources are limited.

Irrigation management of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) in a semi-arid tropical environment. II. Effect of irrigation frequency on soil and plant water status and crop water use

1992 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
AL Garside ◽  
RJ Lawn ◽  
RC Muchow ◽  
DE Byth
Keyword(s):  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Water Status ◽  
Furrow Irrigation ◽  
Plant Water Status ◽  
Plant Water ◽  
Crop Water ◽  
Crop Water Use ◽  
Use Efficiency

Plant and soil water status, crop water use and water use efficiency, as affected by irrigation treatment, were monitored over two seasons for soybean cv. Ross, sown in the late wet season in the Ord Irrigation Area in north Western Australia. Irrigation treatments were, in both seasons, furrow irrigation after cumulative open pan evaporative losses of 30, 60 120 and 240 mm, and in the second year, an additional treatment, saturated soil culture (continuous furrow irrigation, analogous to irrigation after 0 mm pan evaporation). As expected, during periods of strong evaporative demand plant water status, as indicated by leaf water potential and leaf conductance of water vapour, was consistently greater in the more frequently irrigated treatments, while soil water depletion occurred to greater extent and depth in the less frequently irrigated treatments. However, total soil water use was directly proportional to crop growth, so that there was little evidence that water use efficiency was enhanced by restricting water supply in this environment. Indeed, efficiency of water use even under the continuous furrow irrigation system was comparable with that from other irrigation treatments. The responses are interpreted to imply that there is unlikely to be any economic advantage to the use of limited supplemental irrigation in this environment.

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