Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations

<ol> <li>Introduction</li> <li>Definitions of Physical Units and the International System</li> <li>Structure and Properties of Water</li> <li>Soil-Water Terminology and Applications </li> <li>Tensiometers </li> <li>Static Water in Soil </li> <li>Water Movement in Saturated Soil </li> <li>Time Domain Reflectometry </li> <li>Dual Thermal Probes</li> <li>Field Capacity, Wilting Point, Available Water, and the Non-Limiting Water Range</li> <li>Penetrometers </li> <li>Oxygen Diffusion Rate </li> <li>Infiltration </li> <li>Pore Volume </li> <li>Root Anatomy and Poiseuille’s Law for Water Flow in Roots </li> <li>Gardner’s Equation for Water Movement to Plant Roots </li> <li>Stem Anatomy and Pressure-Volume Curves </li> <li>Thermocouple Psychrometers </li> <li>Pressure Chambers </li> <li>The Ascent of Water in Plants </li> <li>Sap Flow </li> <li>Electrical Analogues for Water Movement through the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum </li> <li>Leaf Anatomy and Leaf Elasticity </li> <li>Stomatal Anatomy and Stomatal Resistance </li> <li>Solar Radiation, Black Bodies, Heat Budget, and Radiation Balance </li> <li>Infrared Thermometers </li> <li>Stress-Degree-Day Concept and Crop-Water-Stress Index </li> <li>Potential Evapotranspiration </li> <li>Water and Yield </li> <li>Solar Time and Interception of Direct-Beam Solar Radiation</li></ol>