On quantifying hydraulic conductance at the soil-root interface

• Published in: Hydrological processes Vol. 27; no. 14; pp. 2098 - 2102
• Main Authors: Li, Yan, Pan, Li-Ping, Xu, Gui-Qing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2013
• Subjects: degree of saturation; interfacial resistance; root contact; soil texture; volumetric water content

This study sought to test a widely used hypothesis in water transport from soil to root: the soil textural effect on soil–root interfacial conductance can be quantified by the degree of soil water saturation. This hypothesis is inferred from basic soil physics and is commonly used in modelling root...