After reading this article you will learn about:- 1. Source of Soil Water 2. Forms of Soil Water 3. Permeability and Percolation 4. Free Energy 5. Potential 6. Suction and Tension. Source of Soil Water: The original source of soil water is rainfall, which occurs during the months of June to September and December-January. All parts of India do not [...]
After reading this essay you will learn about:- 1. Necessity for Irrigation 2. Problems of Irrigation Farming 3. Principles 4. Methods. Essay on the Necessity for Irrigation: Indian agriculture is severely handicapped by the erratic distribution of rainfall in different seasons. It not only varies from one region to another but, also from year to year in the same region. [...]
This article provides notes on Soil-Plant Atmosphere Continuum (SPAC). "Because water is generally free to move across the plant-soil, soil-atmosphere, and plant atmosphere interfaces it is necessary and desirable to view the water transfer system in the three domains of soil, plant and atmosphere as a whole...it must be pointed out that, as well as serving as a vehicle for [...]