Hourly soil temperature and moisture content variations within a concrete pipe container for planting lime trees in Eastern Thailand
The use of concrete pipe containers for planting is becoming widely popular in Thailand because the essential soil physical environments for plant growth can easily be controlled. In this paper, we aimed to investigate the soil temperature and moisture content variations under Eastern Thailand clima...
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| author | Worasitti Sriboon Usavadee Tuntiwaranuruk Niwat Sanoamuang |
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| description | The use of concrete pipe containers for planting is becoming widely popular in Thailand because the essential soil physical environments for plant growth can easily be controlled. In this paper, we aimed to investigate the soil temperature and moisture content variations under Eastern Thailand climate throughout the soil within a concrete pipe, which applies to lime trees culture. Concrete pipes of 80 cm diameter and 40 cm height, and 1-year-old and 2-year-old lime trees were conducted. Soil temperature and moisture content at the depths of soil surface, 10 cm, 20 cm, 30 cm, and 40 cm were measured hourly during the day. The results show that average soil temperature and moisture content are different in all depths. Soil temperature at the surface was found to be higher during day time while lower during night time. The study also reveals that soil temperature decreases with depth at day time and vice-versa at night. Soil moisture content variations was found to be related to the canopy size of the trees. The preliminary data could be used for imposing fertigation regimes, soil moisture regime or different nutrient regime within concrete pipe containers for planting lime trees. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da41e552956149aa9375689f358ae1562022-12-21T17:30:58ZengElsevierCase Studies in Thermal Engineering2214-157X2017-09-0110C19219810.1016/j.csite.2017.06.005Hourly soil temperature and moisture content variations within a concrete pipe container for planting lime trees in Eastern ThailandWorasitti Sriboon0Usavadee Tuntiwaranuruk1Niwat Sanoamuang2Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri Province 20131, ThailandDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri Province 20131, ThailandDepartment of Plant Science and Agricultural Resources, Faculty of Agriculture Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen Province 40002, ThailandThe use of concrete pipe containers for planting is becoming widely popular in Thailand because the essential soil physical environments for plant growth can easily be controlled. In this paper, we aimed to investigate the soil temperature and moisture content variations under Eastern Thailand climate throughout the soil within a concrete pipe, which applies to lime trees culture. Concrete pipes of 80 cm diameter and 40 cm height, and 1-year-old and 2-year-old lime trees were conducted. Soil temperature and moisture content at the depths of soil surface, 10 cm, 20 cm, 30 cm, and 40 cm were measured hourly during the day. The results show that average soil temperature and moisture content are different in all depths. Soil temperature at the surface was found to be higher during day time while lower during night time. The study also reveals that soil temperature decreases with depth at day time and vice-versa at night. Soil moisture content variations was found to be related to the canopy size of the trees. The preliminary data could be used for imposing fertigation regimes, soil moisture regime or different nutrient regime within concrete pipe containers for planting lime trees.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X17300370Soil temperatureMoisture contentPlanting in concrete pipesLime treeEastern Thailand |
| spellingShingle | Worasitti Sriboon Usavadee Tuntiwaranuruk Niwat Sanoamuang Hourly soil temperature and moisture content variations within a concrete pipe container for planting lime trees in Eastern Thailand Case Studies in Thermal Engineering Soil temperature Moisture content Planting in concrete pipes Lime tree Eastern Thailand |
| title | Hourly soil temperature and moisture content variations within a concrete pipe container for planting lime trees in Eastern Thailand |
| title_full | Hourly soil temperature and moisture content variations within a concrete pipe container for planting lime trees in Eastern Thailand |
| title_fullStr | Hourly soil temperature and moisture content variations within a concrete pipe container for planting lime trees in Eastern Thailand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hourly soil temperature and moisture content variations within a concrete pipe container for planting lime trees in Eastern Thailand |
| title_short | Hourly soil temperature and moisture content variations within a concrete pipe container for planting lime trees in Eastern Thailand |
| title_sort | hourly soil temperature and moisture content variations within a concrete pipe container for planting lime trees in eastern thailand |
| topic | Soil temperature Moisture content Planting in concrete pipes Lime tree Eastern Thailand |
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