2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Acclimation of Crops to Soil Water Availability.
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779-2 Acclimation of Crops to Soil Water Availability.



Thursday, 9 October 2008: 9:15 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 381B
Nithya Rajan, Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, 3810, 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79415 and Stephan Maas, Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, 3810 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79415
Soil water availability is an important factor in determinig crop growth and yield. In fields, such as drylands, where there is not a drastic change in soil water availability, crops get acclimated to the available soil water. In this study, eddy covariance measuremnts are used to measure the actual crop evapotranspiration and the level of acclimatization to the available soil water.
See more of: Environmental Biology of Field Crops
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