Soil characteristics and textural classes govern water holding capacity of different soils. Charts show effective rooting depths for crops. Soil monitoring and use of predictive equations can determine the amount of water needed between irrigations. Tensiometry, electrical resistance blocks, neutron probes, and time domain reflectometry allow growers to keep track of water in root zones throughout their fields. 36 pages.
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Title
Soil Water Monitoring and Measurement
Creators
Thomas W. Ley (Author)
Robert G. Stevens (Author)
Richard R. Topielec (Author)
W. Howard Neibling (Author)
Academic Unit
Publications, WSU Extension
Series
PNW (Series); PNW0475
Publisher
Washington State University Extension; Pullman, Washington
Identifiers
99900501862201842
Copyright
In copyright ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess