Soil, Plant and Atmosphere Concepts, Processes and Applications
This textbook presents the concepts and processes involved in the soil-plant-atmosphere system as well as its applications in the water cycle in agriculture. Although reaching the frontier of our knowledge in several subjects, each chapter starts at the g
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, Plant and Atmosphere Concepts, Processes and Applications
Soil, Plant and Atmosphere
Klaus Reichardt • Luís Carlos Timm
Soil, Plant and Atmosphere Concepts, Processes and Applications
Klaus Reichardt Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura and Escola Superior de agricultura “Luiz de Queiróz” University of Sao Paulo Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Luís Carlos Timm Rural Engineering Department Faculty of Agronomy Federal University of Pelotas Capão do Leão, Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
Translation from the Portuguese language edition: “Solo, planta e atmosfera” by Klaus Reichardt and Luís Carlos Timm, 2nd Edition © Editora Manole 2012. All rights reserved. ISBN 978-3-030-19321-8 ISBN 978-3-030-19322-5 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19322-5
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To my wife, Ceres; my sons, Roberto (in memoriam) and Gustavo; and my daughter, Fernanda. Klaus Reichardt To my parents, Ely and Edemar Timm (in memorium). To my wife, Cristiane; my daughter, Ana Clara; and my two sons, Luís Augusto and José Henrique. Luís Carlos Timm
Foreword
It is a Thursday morning in Davis, California, on September 7, 1995, and I am pretty nervous because in about 2 h, I will have to give an oral presentation on behalf of the Vadose Zone Hydrology Conference, which is held to honor the career achievements of Donald R. Nielsen and James W. Biggar. While waiting in the foyer of the conference hall, a person with a very friendly appearance greets me and introduces himself with “I am Klaus!” So, this is Klaus Reichardt, I think to myself. Finally, I have the pleasure to meet him in person. As a graduate student more than 20 years ago, he was
