ABSTRACT The least limiting water range (LLWR) has been extensively determined, but evaluating if LLWR can indeed indicate soil physical stress on plant growth is still a controversial issue. In this study, we used the Hydrus-1D hydrological model to simulate root water uptake (RWU) to analyze if RWU and LLWR are correlated under stress conditions. The LLWR was determined in a sandy-loam Ultisol and a clayey Oxisol. In both soils, RWU extracted by plants (leaf area index set as 3) […]

ABSTRACT Water and oxygen deficiencies in the soybean crop cultivated on lowland soils are an important topic of research. The objective of this study was to investigate changes in water and oxygen supply and soybean yield caused by soil management in lowland soils. A soybean crop was grown under four soil conditions: no-tillage (NT), chiseling (CH), ridge tillage on no-tillage (NTR), and ridge tillage on chiseling (CHR). Soil bulk density, total porosity, macro- and microporosity, air permeability, and saturated hydraulic […]

A avaliação da capacidade de raízes de plantas em extrair água do solo é de grande importância na modelagem da taxa de transpiração e, para entender o crescimento e rendimento vegetal e o balanço de água e de solutos no solo. Para testar um modelo de extração radicular macroscópico baseado no processo em escala microscópica, descreveram-se os resultados de um experimento com plantas cujo sistema radicular foi dividido entre camadas de solo com propriedades hidráulicas contrastantes. Um experimento de lisímetro […]