supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42125103&42271061);the Frontier and Fundamental Research Program of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20220042).
The rock fragment(RF)has been widely observed in the soil solum or on the soil surface.It regulates soil hydrological processes(SHPs)and thus has great impacts on soil and water conservation.However,responses of SHPs ...
financial assistance provided for this study and Hydra Sensor Technologies International Ltd., South Africa for supplying the HydraSCOUT probes used in the research
Dear Editor,Accurate measurement of volumetric soil water content(θ_v)is essential for efficient soil water management.HydraSCOUT(HS)probes are capacitance-type probes forθ_v measurement with high accuracy,but requi...
Accurate monitoring of soil water status can be an important component of precision irrigation water management. A variety of commercial sensors measure soil water status by relating sensor electrical output to soil w...
Soil water dynamics in the dominant lwo soil series (Arinic lixisol) were evaluated at the Federal University of Agriculture, Alabata, Abeokuta, Nigeria. Field capacity, infiltration and water retention characterist...
Aims The volume of soil beyond a plant’s roots from which that plant is able to acquire a particular nutrient depends upon the mobility of that nutrient in the soil.For this reason it has been hypothesized that the s...
Knowledge about the influence of soil layers on evaporation is essential for the optimization of infield rainwater harvesting (IRWH) in the semi-arid areas of the Free State province of South Africa. Among the soils...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.50979106 and 50779067)
The van Genuchten (vG) function is often used to describe the soil water retention curve (SWRC) of unsaturated soils and fractured rock. The objective of this study was to develop a method to determine the vG model pa...
National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB407204);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40471082)
Evapotranspiration of much planted vegetation exceeds precipitation, and this can deplete soil water and cause a deep dry layer in the soil profile, which is a serious obstacle to sustainable land use on the Loess Pla...