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Soil Aeration and Plant Root Relations I. Theory 1
Author(s) -
Lemon E. R.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1962.00021962005400020023x
Subject(s) - aeration , interdependence , root (linguistics) , soil respiration , environmental science , agronomy , plant root , respiration , agricultural engineering , soil science , soil water , ecology , botany , biology , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , political science , law
Synopsis This paper theoretically approaches the problem of adequacy of oxygen for normal root respiration in the soil environment. First to be considered is the root oxygen “demand” aspect of the problem. This is followed by considering the “supply” characteristics of the soil environment. It is theoretically shown that the two aspects of the problem are interdependent and cannot be divorced.