Water dynamics of the root zone: Rhizosphere biophysics and its control on soil hydrology

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Bengough, A G ^a,b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REGIONS; BULK SOILS; CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; DRYING CYCLE; DYNAMIC IMAGES; FIELD SCALE; FLOW PATH; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; IMAGING METHOD; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); NODAL ROOTS; OUTFLOW RATE; PLANT ROOT SYSTEM; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMER GELS; RHIZODEPOSITION; RHIZOSPHERE SOILS; ROOT GROWTH; ROOT ZONE; SOIL HYDROLOGY; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; WATER DYNAMICS; WATER RELATIONS; WATER RETENTION; WATER RETENTION PROPERTIES;

DYNAMICS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

ADHESIVES;

CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MAIZE; PORE SPACE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RETENTION; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84862289229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2011.0111     Document Type: Article

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