News tagged with plant transpiration

Water hits and sticks: Findings challenge a century of assumptions about soil hydrology

Researchers have discovered that some of the most fundamental assumptions about how water moves through soil in a seasonally dry climate such as the Pacific Northwest are incorrect - and that a century of research based on ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Water-conserving irrigation strategies minimize overwatering, runoff

Conserving water and reducing the environmental impact of runoff are two of the most important issues confronting container nursery operations. Current regulations and laws in five states limit water consumption ...

Biology / Other

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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There's no one-size-fits-all green roof, studies show

Green roofs – rooftops covered with a layer of vegetation–are getting a lot of credit for providing environmental benefits. They have been found to reduce storm water runoff from buildings, conserve ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Devising a 'silver bullet' for measuring water use by plants

(Phys.org) -- Most gardeners can tell by rule of thumb how much water their tomatoes and carrots need, but taking an accurate reading of plants' actual water use is a very difficult problem.   Although ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A study points to the importance of seeking new pine varieties resistant to climate change

The radiata pine is the tree species par excellence in the Basque Country's forests. Like other types of pine, the lack of water is one of the factors having the greatest effect on its survival and productivity. Until now, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Electricity from trees

Plants have long been known as the lungs of the earth, but a new finding has found they may also play a role in electrifying the atmosphere.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Invading trees?

Rumours of trees ‘invading’ the Arctic as a by-product of climate change have been ‘greatly exaggerated’ according to a polar scientist due to lecture on the subject at Cambridge University’s ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

5-10 percent corn yield jump using erosion-slowing cover crops shown in new study

The most recent annual results from a four-year Iowa State University study on using cover crops between rows of corn reveals that higher yields – by as much as 10 percent – are possible using the ...

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Building mountains in a bottle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are preparing to launch a 10-year project to study water resources, gas exchange and carbon cycling in three man-made landscapes built in a half-acre laboratory at the University ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A new tool for mapping water use and drought

Farmers and water managers may soon have an online tool to help them assess drought and irrigation impacts on water use and crop development, thanks to the work of two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...

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created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ASU, Stanford examine implications of bioenergy crops

A team of researchers from Arizona State University, Stanford University and Carnegie Institution for Science has found that converting large swaths of land to bioenergy crops could have a wide range of effects ...

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created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Salt-tolerant crops show higher capacity for carbon fixation

Salt can have drastic effects on the growth and yield of horticultural crops; studies have estimated that salinity renders an about one-third of the world's irrigated land unsuitable for crop production. Imbalances in soil ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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