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Soil Moisture Tension, Sugarcane Stalk Elongation, and Irrigation Interval Control 1
Author(s) -
Robinson Frank E.
Publication year - 1963
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/agronj1963.00021962005500050022x
Subject(s) - irrigation , elongation , stalk , agronomy , moisture , water content , tension (geology) , environmental science , moisture stress , bar (unit) , soil water , biology , soil science , horticulture , materials science , geology , geotechnical engineering , meteorology , geography , ultimate tensile strength , composite material , metallurgy
Synopsis Elongation rate declined as soil moisture tension approached 2 bars at the 12‐inch depth. However, when the soil moisture tension in any cycle did not exceed 2 bars an increased rate of elongation following irrigation compensated for the decrease in rate prior to irrigation, and no real reduction in the average growth rate occurred. After the 2‐bar stress was exceeded at the 12‐inch depth a real reduction in the average growth rate occurred.