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Annals of Botany 2005 96(3):499-500; doi:10.1093/aob/mci202
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Principles of soil and plant water relations.

Kirkham, M. B. 2005.

Boston: Elsevier Academic Press. $79.95 (hardback). 500 pp.

GRETCHEN NORTH

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The word order of the title is an important clue to the focus and main strength of Kirkham's book, which is its exploration of water movement in the soil and how it is measured. Plant water relations take a back seat, accounting for approximately one-third of the 27 chapters. Unlike the title, the book's cover image of a savannah-like tree is somewhat misleading, for the examples, methods and instrumentation discussed in the text are chiefly agronomic, with an emphasis on corn (maize) and wheat. The book's preface . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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