Quantifying the interactive effect of water absorbing polymer (WAP)-soil texture on plant available water content and irrigation frequency

• Published in: Geoderma Vol. 368; p. 114310
• Main Authors: Saha, Abhisekh, Rattan, Bharat, Sekharan, Sreedeep, Manna, Uttam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Amendment; application rate; clay fraction; clay loam soils; climate change; coarse-textured soils; crosslinking; drought; drying; empirical models; Field capacity; fine-textured soils; guidelines; irrigation scheduling; irrigation water; particle size; Plant available water; polymers; sand; silt loam soils; soil amendments; Soil suction; Soil texture; texture; water binding capacity; water content; water use efficiency; Water-absorbing polymer; wilting; Water-absorbing polymer; Soil texture; Plant available water; Amendment; Soil suction; Field capacity

•Quantified interactive effect of water absorbing polymer (WAP) and soil texture.•Experimental reasoning for low improvement of WAP in fine textured soil.•Quantified the improvement factor for PAWC and plant survival time.•PAWC variation is minimal for clay content exceeding 30%.•Quantified optimum...