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Quick Methods for Determining Plant Available Water
Gaylon S. Campbell, Ph. D.Decagon Devices, Inc.
Pullman, WAwww.decagon.com
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Volume Fractions: a “Typical” Soil at Field Capacity
Air 24%
Unavailable Water 13%
Solid 50%
Plant Available Water 13%
Field capacity orDrained upper limit
Permanent wilt pointor lower limit
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Our Task
Demonstrate a quick method for determining plant available water by
Showing how to find the -1.5 MPa water content of a soil sample
Showing how to find the -33 kPa water content of a soil
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Water Potential Measurement in the Dry Range (for PWP)
WP4 Dew Point Potentiameter
Range is 0 to -300 MPa
Accuracy is 0.1 MPa
Read time is 5 minutes or less
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Chilled Mirror Dew Point
Cool mirror until dew forms Detect dew optically Measure mirror temperature Measure sample temperature with IR thermometer Water potential is approximately linearly related to Ts - Td
Infrared SensorMirror
Optical Sensor
Fan
Sample
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Water Potential Measurement in the Wet Range (for FC)
Equilibrates water under tension with soil water through a porous cup
Measures pressure of water
Highest accuracy, but limited range (0 to -70 kPa)
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Steps for Quick -1.5 MPa Water Content
Air dry, crush and sieve the soil sample
Determine the soil textureFind the approximate -1.5 MPa and air dry water content for that texture
Calculate the amount of water to add
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Steps Continued
Add water, mix and equilibrateMeasure water potential and water content
Compute -1.5 MPa water contentConvert to volumetric water content
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Texture w-1.5 (g/g)
wad (g/g)
Sand 0.008 0.003
loamy sand 0.015 0.005
sandy loam 0.045 0.015
sandy clay loam 0.143 0.048
Loam 0.106 0.035
sandy clay 0.204 0.068
silt loam 0.098 0.033
Silt 0.075 0.025
clay loam 0.174 0.058
silty clay loam 0.166 0.055
silty clay 0.204 0.068
Clay 0.234 0.078
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How Much Water to AddSilt loam soil: w-1.5 = 0.098 g/g
wad = 0.033 g/g
50 g. sample
ggg
ggggg
w
wwMM
ad
adadw 15.3
/033.00.1
/033.0/098.050
1
Add 3.15 ml. of water to 50 g of air dry soil
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Reading the Water Potential
Insert sampleSeal chamber
Wait 3-5 min. andread the result
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Computing the -1.5 MPa Water Content
m
mww
1000
ln
5.11000
ln
5.1
ggw /103.0898.6
502.6109.0
01.11000
ln
5.11000
ln109.05.1
0
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.1
0.12
0.14
1 10 100 1000
Water Potential (-MPa)
Wat
er C
on
ten
t (g
/g)
Wm = 0.109m = -1.01
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Convert to Volumetric Water Content
Probes measure volumetric wcSoil stores in terms of volumetric wc
If bulk density were 1.4 g/cm3
333
3
5.15.1
/144.0/0.1
/4.1/103.0 cmcm
cmg
cmggg
ww
b
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Quick Determination of the -33 kPa Water Content
Do it in the field or take field samples after heavy rain or irrigation
Measure water potential with a tensiometer
Measure water content with a probe (volumetric)
Calculate -33 kPa water content
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Measuring Water Potential
Remove cap from tensiometer
Insert the probe and read
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Water Content with EC-5 and Echo Check
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Extrapolating to get the -33 kPa water content
b
mm
/1
33 33
0.1
1
1 10 100 1000
Water Potential (-kPa)
Wat
er C
on
ten
t (g
/g)
Palouse Silt Loam
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Texture b
Sand 1.6
loamy sand 2.7
sandy loam 3.7
sandy clay loam 7.7
Loam 5.5
sandy clay 11
silt loam 5
Silt 4.1
clay loam 8.4
silty clay loam 7.7
silty clay 9.7
Clay 12.6
b values for Soils
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Calculating the -33 kPa water content
Assume Sandy loamWater potential reading is -18 kPa
Water content reading is 0.25 m3 m-3
337.3/1
33/1
33 21.033
1825.0
33
mmmmb
mm
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Conclusions
Upper and lower limits for plant available water are soil specific
They are approximated by the -33 kPa and -1.5 MPa water contents
Quick methods for determining these values are available
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Conclusions
The -1.5 MPa water content is found by measuring water content and potential on a sample near -1.5 MPa and extrapolating
The -33 kPa water content is found by measuring water content and potential on a sample near -33 kPa and extrapolating