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Record 1 2025-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Cultural Practices (Agriculture)
CONT

Opportunities for limiting agricultural emissions of N2O revolve around the careful matching of fertilizer N application to crop needs, and the timing of those applications to match crop uptake patterns. Fertilizer-N placement has been shown to increase crop uptake, and appears to be a promising avenue for limiting N2O emissions.

OBS

crop uptake: designation extracted from the "Glossaire de l'agriculture" and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Soin des cultures (Agriculture)
OBS

Les apports totaux d'éléments nutritifs (engrais, fumier, fixation de l'azote par les légumineuses, dépôts atmosphériques, épandage de boues d'épuration, etc.) sur les terres agricoles sont absorbés en grande partie par les récoltes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción vegetal
  • Cuidado de los cultivos (Agricultura)
CONT

Sin embargo, si la superficie del suelo se seca, las raices se vuelven inactivas, los nutrientes reducen su disponibilidad y la absorción por los cultivos se verá reducida, especialmente si las capas más profundas del suelo poseen baja disponibilidad de nutrientes.

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Record 2 2014-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Soil Science
  • Plant Biology
DEF

... a measure of the tendency of water to move from high free energy to lower free energy.

CONT

Water potential is the sum of osmotic potential, pressure potential, [gravitational potential,] and matric potential.

CONT

For historical and practical reasons, however, plant physiologists have developed another parameter called the water potential (psiw). Water potential is expressed in pressure units such as megapascals (MPa). ... Like chemical potential, water potential is a relative quantity, and is always determined as a difference between the sample in question and a standard reference. For plant physiologists, the standard reference for water potential measurements is the water potential of pure water at one atmosphere of pressure. This reference value is defined as 0 MegaPascals.

OBS

[Water potential] is replacing the concept of osmotic pressure and differs from osmotic pressure in taking capillary and imbibitional forces into account.

OBS

The symbol for water potential is the Greek letter Psi. ... Water potential is measured in units of atmospheric pressure; bars or dynes per square centimeter. (1 bar = 106 dynes/cm²).

OBS

The symbol used is the Greek letter psiw.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Science du sol
  • Biologie végétale
CONT

Les composantes du potentiel hydrique. Dans un sol, l'énergie potentielle de l'eau peut provenir de plusieurs sources. [...] Potentiel gravitationnel [...] Potentiel matriciel [...] Potentiel osmotique [...]

OBS

Paramètre de l'eau du sol ou de la plante.

OBS

Bien qu'aujourd'hui le terme potentiel hydrique soit le terme recommandé, on trouve encore, héritage du passé, d'autres appellations de cette même grandeur : potentiel de succion, tension de succion, déficit de pression, hauteur capillaire, etc. Le fait à retenir est que ces différentes dénominations, qu'il faut désormais éviter d'utiliser en physiologie végétale et en agronomie, sont le plus souvent équivalentes (au signe près et compte tenu des unités dans lesquelles elles sont exprimées); elles définissent toutes «l'état énergétique» de l'eau dans un substrat.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Ciencia del suelo
  • Biología vegetal
DEF

Gradiente de presión que provoca el flujo de agua, especialmente en relación a su absorción del suelo por las plantas.

OBS

Depende de los componentes gravitatorios, matricial, osmótico y de presión.

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Record 3 2012-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Crop Protection
CONT

Wilting is a visible effect of drought. As leaves dry, turgor pressure in leaf cells decrease causing leaf petiole drooping and leaf blade wilting. ... During long periods of dry soil, temporary wilting grades into permanent wilting. Permanently wilted trees do not recover at night. Permanently wilted trees recover only when additional water is added to the soil. Prolonged permanent wilting kills trees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Protection des végétaux
OBS

Le flétrissement d'une plante est dit «permanent» lorsque la plante devient si flasque par suite de la déficience en eau du sol que, placée dans une atmosphère saturée d'eau, elle ne retrouve pas sa turgescence primitive lorsque l'on n'ajoute pas d'eau au sol.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
  • Protección de las plantas
CONT

Si no se producen nuevos aportes de agua, el suelo continúa perdiendo humedad por evapotranspiración [...] Conforme va descendiendo la humedad en el suelo la absorción de agua se va realizando con más dificultad y las plantas comienzan a sufrir un déficit de agua. Cuando ya no pueden absorber más agua del suelo se presenta el marchitamiento permanente.

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Record 4 2002-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Waves
DEF

Absorption due to the resistivity of the earth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ondes radioélectriques
DEF

Absorption due à la résistivité du sol.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ondas radioeléctricas
DEF

Absorción debida a la resistividad de la tierra.

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Record 5 2002-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pollution (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution (Généralités)
OBS

(implique notion de rétention de l'eau absorbée); cahier Anhydride sulfureux, 6.4. (collection Enviroguide); Voc. de l'hydrologie et de la météorologie, CILF.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación (Generalidades)
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