Tensiometers are commonly used for measuring soil water matric pressures. Unfortunately, the water-filled reservoir of conventional tensiometers limits their applicability to soil water matric pressures above approximately20.085 MPa. Tensiometers filled with a polymer solution instead of water are able to measure a larger range of soil water matric pressures. We designed and constructed six pro...

We studied the effects of soil matric potential and salinity on the water use (WU), water use efficiency (WUE) and yield response factor (Ky), for wheat (Triticum aestivum cv. Mahdavi) and bean (Phaseoulus vulgaris cv. COS16) in sandy loam and clay loam soils under greenhouse conditions. Results showed that aeration porosity is the predominant factor controlling WU, WUE, Ky and shoot biomass (B...

The velocities of shear waves Vs in two soils, a loamy sand and a sandy clay loam, were measured at various matric potentials and confining pressures. We used a combination of Haines apparatus, pressure plate apparatus and a Bishop and Wesley tri-axial cell to obtain a range of saturation and consolidation states. We proposed a single effective stress variable based on a modification to Bishop’...

Water is arguably the most important constituent of microbial microhabitats due to its control of physical and physiological processes critical to microbial activity. In natural environments, bacteria often live on unsaturated surfaces, in thin (micrometric) liquid films. Nevertheless, no experimental systems are available that allow real-time observation of bacterial processes in liquid films ...

viable cell concentration and luminescence activity of p. stutzeri p16 luxab4 was measured byplate counting and luminometery in sterile and non-sterile soil adjusted to matric potential of -1500, -750 and-30 kpa. results showed that matric potential had a significant effect on survival and activity of p. stutzerip16 luxab4 in soil. p. stutzeri p16 luxab4 could survive better in hutner’s minimal...

although the application of biodegradative genetically engineered micro organisms (gems) for bioremediation is very promising, the risks of their release should be assessed before their introduction into the environment. lux-marked ralstonia eutropha h850lr (formerly alcaligenes eutrophus h850lr) was introduced into sterile and non-sterile soil microcosms at matric potentials ?2.11, ?30, ?750, ...