Sentence examples for wetting of soil from inspiring English sources

Open image in new window Fig. 2 Stepwise setup of lysimeter: a emplacement of uncontaminated fine gravel, b emplacement of uncontaminated dry soil, and c wetting of soil.

Samples were collected within 24 h of rainfall or wetting of soils to a 10-year average rainfall volume.

The crop is believed to aid reclamation due to a combination of effects including the physical action of roots to keep the soil more open to allow additional water to infiltrate, the addition of organic matter or the alternate drying and wetting of the soil which promotes better soil structure.

To describe the wetting properties of soil, the soil air water contact angle (CA) is often used.

Field water content in this trial was thus determined by wetting of the soil and allowing all free water to drain from the soil to a constant mass after 2 3 days.

Transcriptional Response of Nitrifying Communities to Wetting of Dry Soil.

We suggest the subsoil to exhibit a strong hysteretic water retention characteristic governing the infiltration process, but we could not verify this by standard laboratory measurements, as strongly persistent SWR prevented the fast wetting of the soil samples.

Cultivation practices and the type of irrigation method can alter the microclimate, affect the crop characteristics or affect the wetting of the soil and crop surface.

Microcosms were set up in 250-mL glass bottles containing 110.6 g wet weight of soil [100 g dry weight (dw)].

They further concluded that Watermark sensors were less accurate and consistent in measuring θv especially in the wetter range of soil water than Acclima time domain transmissometry sensor (Acclima Inc., ID) and a resistivity sensor manufactured by Rain Bird (Rain Bird Inc., CA).

Hydrotropism is a known environmental response that directs root growth towards wet regions of soil.