Drawing on a host of scientific studies, this text explores how rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere have impacted water in plants and soils. It discusses drought, the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, the soil atmosphere, root growth, and variable oxygen concentration of soil. The book also covers the use of carbon isotope ratios in plant science, stomatal conductance and density, transpiration and evapotranspiration, water use efficiency, C4 photosynthesis, plant anatomy, phenology, and measures of plant growth. More than 200 high quality figures illustrate the concepts discussed.
Drawing on a host of scientific studies, this text explores how rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere have impacted water in plants and soils. It discusses drought, the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, the soil atmosphere, root growth, and variable oxygen concentration of soil. The book also covers the use of carbon isotope ratios in plant science, stomatal conductance and density, transpiration and evapotranspiration, water use efficiency, C4 photosynthesis, plant anatomy, phenology, and measures of plant growth. More than 200 high quality figures illustrate the concepts discussed.
M.B. Kirkham is a professor in the Department of Agronomy at Kansas State University. Dr. Kirkham is an editorial board member of several journals, including Crop Science and Soil Science. Dr. Kirkham has authored or co-authored over 200 articles in scientific journals and has been a recipient of the Carl Sprengel Agronomic Research Award of the American Society of Agronomy and the Crop Science Research Award of the Crop Science Society of America. Kirkham is a graduate of Wellesley College, Massachusetts, USA.
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Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: Drought. Elevated Carbon Dioxide in the Soil: Composition of the Soil Atmosphere. Elevated Carbon Dioxide in the Soil: Interaction with the Soil Physical Factors that Affect Root Growth. Elevated Carbon Dioxide in the Soil: Variable Oxygen Concentration and Root Growth. Elevated Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere: Interaction with the Soil Physical Factors that Affect Root Growth. Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: Root Growth. Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: Plant Water Potential, Osmotic Potential, and Turgor Potential. Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: Stomatal Conductance. Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: Stomatal Density. Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: Transpiration and Evapotranspiration. Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: Water Use Efficiency. Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: C3 and C4 Plants. Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: Plant Anatomy. Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: Phenology. Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: Growth and Yield. Epilogue. References. Index.
