Table of Contents
1. Molecular Characteristics, Properties and Functions of Water in Plants and Soils, 2. Soil Pore Space System and Soil Moisture Constants, 3. Movement of Water into and Within Soils, 4. Plant Available Soil Moisture (PASM), 5. Absorption and Translocation of Water by Plants and Their Soil Moisture Extraction Patterns, 6. Transpiration, Water Deficits and Evapotranspiration, 7. Water Requirement and Water Use Efficiency of Crops, 8. Plant Adaptations of Drought, 9. Water in Relation to Soil Erosion, 10. Appendix 1 to 3, 11. Selected Bibliography, 12. Subject Index.