Physical and hydraulic properties of inorganic amendments and modeling their effects on water movement in sand-based root zones

Irrigation Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-77

  Githinji, Leonard J M ^a   Dane, Jacob H ^b   Walker, Robert H ^b  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SAND; SOIL MOISTURE; ZEOLITES;

DIATOMACEOUS EARTH; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; PARTICLE DENSITIES; ROOT-WATER UPTAKE; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL WATER MOVEMENT; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT; WATER MOVEMENTS;

PARTICLE SIZE;

DIATOMITE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL WATER; ZEOLITE;

EID: 78650727524     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: 14321319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-010-0218-4     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Beard JB (1973) Turfgrass: Science and culture. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N. J.
2. Bigelow CA, Bowman DC, Cassel K (1999) Germination and establishment with root-zone amendments. Golf Course Manage 67: 62-65.
3. Bigelow CA, Bowman DC, Cassel K (2004) Physical properties of three sand size classes amended with inorganic materials or sphagnum peat moss for putting green root zones. Crop Sci 44: 900-907.
4. Bingaman DE, Kohnke H (1970) Evaluating sands for athletic turf. Agron. J. 62: 464-467.
5. Bootlink HWG, Bouma J (2002) Saturated and field-saturated water flow parameters: 3. 4. 2. 4 steady flow soil column method. In: Dane JH, Topp GC (eds) Methods of soil analysis, pp 812-814.
6. Brooks RH, Corey AT (1964) Hydraulic properties of porous media. Hydrol. pap. 3., Colorado State Univ., Fort Colins.
7. Carrow RN (1993) Eight questions to ask: Evaluating soil and turf conditioners. Golf Course Manage. 61: 56-70.
8. Dane JH, Hopmans JW (2002) Water Retention and Storage. 3. 3. 2. 3 Pressure Cell. In: Dane JH, Topp GC (eds) Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 4 - Physical Methods. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Book Series no. 5. Madison, WI, pp 684-688.
9. Dirksen C, Kool JB, Koorevaar P, van Genuchten MTh (1993) HYSWASOR-Simulation model of hysteretic water and solute transport in the root zone. In: Russo D, Dagan G (eds) Water flow and solute transport in soils. Springer-Verlag, New York, pp 99-122.
10. Doussan C, Pagès L, Vercambre G (1998) Modelling the hydraulic architecture of root systems: An integrated approach to water absorption-Model description. Ann Bot London 81: 213-223.
11. Ervin EH, Ok C, Fresenburg BS, Dunn JH, Dunn S (1999) Turfgrass Research & Information Report from the University of Missouri-Columbia Turfgrass Research Center. Primo for sustaining Zoysiagrass quality in the shade.
12. Feddes RA, Bresler E, Neuman SP (1974) Field test of a modified numerical model for water uptake by root systems. Water Resour Res 10: 1199-1206.
13. Ferguson GA, Pepper LA, Kneebone WR (1986) Growth of creeping bentgrass on a new medium for turfgrass growth: Clinoptilolite zeolite-amended sand. Agron J 78: 1095-1098.
14. Flint AL, Flint LE (2002) Particle Density by Pycnometer Method. In: Dane JH, Topp GC (eds) Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 4 - Physical Methods. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Book Series no. 5. Madison, WI, pp 230-233.
15. Frank KW, Leach BE, Crum JR, Rieke PE, Leinauer BR, Nikolai TA, Calhoun RN (2005) Effect of rootzone material and depth on moisture retention in undulating USGA putting greens. USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online. June 1. 4(11): 1-9.
16. Gardner ER (1960) Dynamic aspects of water availability to plants. Soil Sci 89: 63-73.
17. Gardner WR (1964) Relation of root distribution to water uptake and availability. Agron J 56: 41-45.
18. Gee GW, Or D (2002) Particle-size Analysis. 2. 4. 1. Introduction. In: Dane JH, Topp GC (eds) Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 4 - Physical Methods. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Book Series no. 5. Madison, WI, pp 255-256.
19. Githinji LJM, Dane JH, Walker RH (2009) Water-use patterns of tall fescue and hybrid bluegrass cultivars subjected to ET-based irrigation scheduling. Irrig Sci 27: 377-391.
20. Hillel D, Talpaz H, van Keulen H (1976) A macroscopic-scale model of water uptake by a nonuniform root system and of water and salt movement in the soil profile. Soil Sci 121: 242-255.
21. Huang ZT, Petrovic AM (1994) Clinoptilolite zeolite influence on nitrate leaching and nitrogen use efficiency in simulated sand based golf greens. J Environ Qual 23: 1190-1194.
22. Huang ZT, Petrovic AM (1995) Physical properties of sand as affected by clinoptilolite zeolite particle size and quality. J Turfgrass Manage 1: 1-15.
23. Juncker PH, Madison JJ (1967) Soil moisture characteristics of sand-peat mixes. Soil Sci Soc Am Proc 31: 5-8.
24. Jury WA, Gardner WR, Gardner WH (1991) Soil physics. Wiley, New York, p 328.
25. Kussow WR (1987) Peats in greens: Knowns, unknowns and speculations: USGA Greens Section Record. 25: 5-7.
26. Kussow WR (1996) Putting green quality as affected by root zone mix composition. Wis Turf Res 14: 41-44.
27. Li D, Joo YK, Christians NE, Minner DD (2000) Inorganic soil amendment effects on sand-based sports turf media. Crop Sci 40: 1121-1125.
28. Li KY, De Jong R, Boisvert JB (2001) An exponential root-water-uptake model with water stress compensation. J Hydrol 252: 189-204.
29. Mathur S, Rao S (1999) Modeling water uptake by plant roots. J Irrigation Drainage Eng 125: 159-165.
30. McCoy EL (1992) Quantitative physical assessment of organic materials used in sports turf root zone mixes. Agron J 84: 375-381.
31. McCoy EL, Stehouwer RC (1998) Water and nutrient retention properties of internally porous inorganic amendments in high sand content root zones. J Turfgrass Manage 2(4): 49-69.
32. Mualem Y (1976) A new model predicting the hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated porous media. Water Resour Res 12: 513-522.
33. Nobel PS, Alm DM (1993) Root orientation vs. water uptake simulated for monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous desert succulents by root-segment model. Funct Ecol 7: 600-609.
34. Ok C, Anderson SH, Ervin EH (2003) Amendments and Construction Systems for Improving the Performance of Sand-Based Putting Greens. Agron J. 95: 1583-1590.
35. Personne E, Perrier A, Tuzet A (2003) Simulating water uptake in the root zone with a microscopic-scale model of root extraction. Agronomie 23: 153-168.
36. Philip JR (1957) The physical principles of soil water movement during the irrigation cycle. In: Proceedings of the Third Congress on International Comm. Irrigation Drainage. R. 7, Question 8. pp 8: 125-8: 154.
37. Richards LA (1931) Capillary conduction of liquids in porous mediums. Physics 1: 318-333.
38. Šimůnek J, Suarez D (1993) Modeling of carbon dioxide transport and production in soil 1. Model development. Water Resour Res 29: 487-497.
39. Šimůnek J, Vogel T, van Genuchten MTh (1992) The SWMS-2D code for simulating water flow and solute transport in two dimensional variably saturated media, V. 1. 1, Research Report No. 126. U. S. Salinity Lab, ARS USDA, Riverside.
40. Šimůnek J, Huang K, Šejna M, van Genuchten MTh (1998a) The Hydrus-1D software package for simulating the one-dimensional movement of water, heat, and multiple solutes in variably- saturated media. Version 1. 0, IGWMC - TPS - 70, International Ground Water Modeling Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, 186 pp.
41. Šimůnek J, van Genuchten MTh, Sejna M (1998b) The HYDRUS-1D software package for simulating the one-dimensional movement of water, heat, and multiple solutes in variably- saturated media. Version 2. 0. Int. Ground Water Model. Ctr, Golden, CO.
42. Skaggs TH, van Genuchten MTh, Shouse PJ, Poss JA (2006) Macroscopic approaches to root water uptake as a function of water and salinity stress. Agric Water Manage 86: 140-149.
43. Smalley RR, Pritchett WL, Hammond LC (1962) Effects of four amendments on soil physical properties and on yield and quality of putting greens. Agron J 54: 393-395.
44. Steudle E (1994) Water transport across roots. Plant Soil 167: 79-90.
45. Suarez DL, Simunek J (1997) UNSATCHEM: Unsaturated Water and Solute Transport Model with Equilibrium and Kinetic Chemistry. Soil Sci Soc Am J 61: 1633-1646.
46. Taylor DH, Blake GR (1981) Laboratory evaluation of soil mixtures for sports turf. Soil Sci Soc Am J 45: 936-940.
47. United States Golf Association (1993) USGA recommendations for a method of putting green construction. USGA Green Section. Agron J 52: 569-572.
48. van Dam JC, Huygen J, Wesseling JG, Feddes RA, Kabat P, van Walsum PEV, Groenendijk P, van Diepen PA (1997) Theory of SWAP version 2. 0: Simulation of water flow, solute transport, and plant growth in the soil-water-atmosphere-plant environment.
49. van Genuchten MTh (1980) A closed form equation for predicting the hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated soils. Soil Sci Soc Am J 44: 892-898.
50. van Genuchten MTh, Leij FJ, Yates SR (1991) The RETC code for quantifying the hydraulic functions of unsaturated soils, U. S. Salinity Laboratory Report EPA/600/2-91/065, USDA. ARS, Riverside, CA.
51. Vrugt JA, Hopmans JW, Šimůnek J (2001) Calibration of a two-dimensional root water uptake model. Soil Sci Soc Am J 65: 1027-1037.
52. Waddington DV (1992) Soils, soil mixtures, and soil amendments. In: Waddington DV et al (eds) Turfgrass. Agron. Monogr. 32. ASA, Madison, WI, pp 331-383.
53. Waddington DV, Zimmerman TL, Shoop GJ, Kardos LT, Duich JM (1974) Soil modification for turfgrass areas. I. Physical properties of physically amended soils. Prog. Rep. 337. Pennsylvania State Univ., College of Agriculture. Agric. Exp. Stn, University Park, PA.
54. Waltz FC Jr, Quisenberry VL, McCarty LB (2003) Physical and hydraulic properties of root zone mixes amended with inorganics for golf putting green. Agron J 95: 395-404.
55. Wehtje G, Walker RH, Shaw JN (2000) Pesticide retention by inorganic soil amendments. Weed Science 2000 48: 248-254.
56. Wehtje G, Shaw JN, Walker RH, Williams W (2003) Bermudagrass growth in soil supplemented with inorganic amendments. HortScience 38: 613-617.
57. Wu J, Zhang R, Gui R (1999) Modeling soil water movement with water uptake by roots. Plant Soil 7-17.