Roots And Soil Management: Interactions Between Roots And the Soil
Roots And Soil Management: Interactions Between Roots And the Soil
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DOI：
10.2134/agronmonogr48
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发表时间：
2005
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通讯作者：
R. Zobel;S. Wright
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作者：
R. Zobel;S. Wright
根系在为陆生植物提供水分和养分方面的作用是众所周知的，但直到最近几十年，我们才开始了解根系及其相关根际在关键土壤过程和土壤生态调节中的真正重要性。正如这本书的标题所暗示的，根系相互作用，可以说是调节土壤系统中的反馈，既影响又响应土壤管理实践。这本书的主要目标之一是通过空间尺度的透镜为根系的研究提供一个稍微新的背景。这本书的章节被安排成三个部分的基础上微观，中观和宏观尺度。众所周知，要全面了解土壤-植物系统，必须考虑从微生物到景观尺度的广泛机制，本书在每一章中都提供了几个例子，让我们对根-土壤管理相互作用了解多少和了解多少有了新的认识。不同的空间视图有助于帮助读者组织一些主要机制，通过这些机制，根系及其与土壤管理实践的相互作用在定义土壤特性和功能方面发挥作用。这种观点是合理的基础上定义的前提下，空间和时间变异的复杂性往往混淆了我们的科学能力，使有意义的概括根函数。不利的一面是，如果有一个更深入的介绍部分来集中、总结和引导读者了解研究中最重要和最基本的发现以及它们与土壤管理的关系，书中的见解将更容易解读。因此，虽然有过多的伟大的信息，在每一个单独的章节，这是更难获得一个更广泛的画面感，而不充分钻研每一章的肉。然而，这本书作为一个整体值得那些对根系及其与土壤管理的相互作用感兴趣的人注意。每一章都是翔实的，并提供了一个坚实的描述当前和突出的根源相关的研究。本论文中的工作将主要受益于直接或在根-土相互作用的外围工作的研究生和教师，但少数章节也适用于利用基于问题的学习的课堂学习。
The role of root systems in providing plant water and nutrients for terrestrial plants is well known, but only in the last few decades have we come to understand the true depth of the importance that roots and their associated rhizospheres play in the modulation of key soil processes and soil ecology. As the title of the book implies, roots interact and can be said to modulate feedbacks in the soil system that both impact and respond to soil management practices. One of the primary goals of the book is to provide a slightly new context to the study of root systems through the lens of spatial scale. The chapters of the book are arranged into three sections based on micro, meso, and macro scales. While it is well known that a full understanding of soil–plant systems must consider the broad range of mechanisms occurring from microbial to landscape scales, the book provides several examples within each chapter that give new insight into how much, and how little, we know about root-soilmanagement interactions. The different spatial views are useful in helping the reader organize some of the main mechanisms through which roots and their interaction with soil management practices play in defining soil properties and function. This view is justified based on the well defined premise that the complexities of spatial and temporal variability often confound our scientific ability to make meaningful generalizations about root function. On the down side, the insights in the book would be easier to decipher if there were a more in-depth introduction section to focus, summarize, and orient the reader about the most important and basic findings of the research and how they relate to soil management. As such, while there is a plethora of great information in each of the separate chapters, it is more difficult to garner a sense of the broader picture without fully delving into the meat of each chapter. The book as a whole nevertheless deserves the attention of those interested in roots and their interaction with soil management. Each of the chapters is informative and provides a solid description of current and salient root-related research. The work in this treatise will mostly benefit graduate students and faculty who work directly or on the periphery of root-soil interactions, but a few chapters could also be suitable for study in classrooms that utilize problem-based learning.