
%0 Journal Article
%A Heuer, Arie Nadler and Bruria 
%T Soil moisture levels and their relation to water potentials of cotton leaves
%J Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
%D 1997/10/07
%V 48
%N 7
%P 923-932
%K irrigation scheduling, plant stress, saline irrigation water, soil water content.
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/A96109
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/A96109 
%X Simultaneous measurements of volumetric water content (&#952;) in the soil profile by neutron scattering (NP), time domain refiectometry (TDR), and tensiometers (TENS), and leaf water potential (LWP) were carried out in a commercial cotton field under semi-arid conditions. The good correlation between averaged &#952; values by TENS and TDR suggests that the preferred TDR technique can replace the more commonly used TENS. Slopes of the linear relations between LWP and &#952; increase in the order NP&#60;TDR&#60;TENS This order may be explained by the combination of the &#8216;sphere-of-influence&#8217; soil volume and the specific property of the water molecules sensed by the particular measuring technique. 
