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Este trabalho teve, como objetivo, quantificar o rendimento, as características quantitativas e qualitativas de interesse econômico do meloeiro, analisando também a distribuição espacial da água e de íons fertilizantes (nitrato e potássio) no sistema radicular da planta, em dois tipos de solo: Latossolo Vermelho Amarelo (franco-arenoso) e Argissolo Vermelho (argiloso), submetidos aos efeitos do "mulching", em condições de gotejamento superficial e subsuperficial (0,20 e 0,40 m de profundidade). O ensaio foi conduzido na área experimental do Departamento de Engenharia Rural da Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" - ESALQ/USP, em uma área protegida de 330 m2 (22,0 m x 15 m), localizada no município de Piracicaba, SP. Os experimentos foram conduzidos no delineamento em blocos casualizados, com 4 blocos cada, com o arranjo dos tratamentos em fatorial 2 x 3 (6 tratamentos), com a combinação das variáveis "mulching" plástico e profundidade de gotejamento, totalizando 24 parcelas experimentais em cada solo. O monitoramento da umidade foi realizado com tensiômetros de punção e a concentração de nitrato, potássio, pH e condutividade elétrica através de extratores de solução do solo, instalados nas profundidades de 0,15, 0,30 e 0,50 m da superfície do solo, e nas distâncias do gotejador de 0,10, 0,20, 0,30 e 0,40 m. Foram coletadas, ainda, amostras de solo nas profundidades de 0,04, 0,08 e 0,12 m e nas mesmas distâncias do emissor, para o mesmo monitoramento. Foram realizadas análises de pH e de condutividade elétrica do solo nas mesmas posições. O uso do "mulching" incrementou a altura da planta, o diâmetro de colo, a massa média de fruto, a produção por planta, o diâmetro longitudinal e a espessura de polpa, nos solos franco-arenoso e argiloso, além do diâmetro transversal, da relação de formato do fruto, dos sólidos solúveis totais e do pH, no solo argiloso. A profundidade de gotejo a 0,20 m da superfície do solo proporcionou maiores valores médios de massa do fruto e de produção por planta, no solo arenoso, e influenciou o pH do fruto, no solo argiloso. Não foi possível observar efeito dos tratamentos na distribuição de nitrato nos solos franco-arenoso e argiloso, devido a sua complexa dinâmica no solo. A profundidade de gotejo a 0,20 m da superfície do solo e sem "mulching" disponibilizou mais íons potássio à zona de absorção das raízes do meloeiro no solo franco-arenoso, dos 47 DAT aos 63 DAT, período que compreendeu desde o início do florescimento até a fase inicial de frutificação da cultura. Para o solo argiloso, o efeito do "mulching" foi mais evidente na distribuição de íons potássio ao redor da zona radicular do que na profundidade de gotejo. Em ambos os solos, nas caixas sem "mulching", o tratamento com gotejo à 0,20 m da superfície apresentou maior produtividade da água, quando comparado aos demais tratamentos que utilizaram gotejo à superfície e a 0,40 m. / This work aims to quantify melon yield, quantitative and qualitative aspects, as well to observe water and ions distribution (nitrate and potassium) in the root zone for two soils: Yellow Red Latossol (Sandy loam soil) and Red Argissol (Clay soil), under plastic mulching and subsurface drip irrigation (0.20 m and 0.40 m from the soil surface). Melon cycle occurred between november, 2005 until january, 2006. The research site was a greenhouse (330 m2) located at the University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The experimental design was four randomized complete blocks. The treatments were comprised of 24 experimental units for each soil. Soil moisture evaluated by tensiometric batteries, and the nitrate, potassium, pH and EC values by soil solution based on extractors of ceramic capsules disposal at depths of 0.10 m, 0.30 m, and 0.50 m and horizontal distances of 0.10 m, 0.20 m, 0.30 m and 0.40 from the plant, and by soil sampling as shallow depths of 0.04 m, 0.08 m, and 0.12 m at the same horizontal distances from the plant. The plastic mulching increased the height plant, stem diameter, plant production, longitudinal diameter and pulp thickness of the fruit for the sandy loam and clay soil, and transversal diameter, format of the fruit, soluble solids levels and pH of the fruit for the clay soil. The subsurface drip irrigation at 0.20 m from the surface soil provided larger fruit average mass and plant production to sandy loam soil and make influence in pH of the fruit to clay soil. It was not possible to find treatments effects for the nitrate distribution at sandy loam and clay soils due the complex nitrate dynamics in the soil. The subsurface drip irrigation at 0.20 m and without plastic mulching made available more potassium concentration at the melon root absorption zone for the sandy loam soil, from 47 and 63 days after planting, when the blooming started until to frutification period. To clay soil the mulching effect was more evident at the potassium distribution than the subsurface drip irrigation. For both soils, without mulching, subsurface drip irrigation at 0.20 m showed larger water productivity compared to 0.40 m and surface drip irrigation treatments.

<p>Economics is about the management of scare resources. In agricultural production, water stress and excess heat are the main constraints. The three essays of this dissertation try to improve our understandings of how climate and water resources interact with agricultural markets, and how global changes in agricultural markets may affect water resources. I construct empirical and simulation models to explain the interplay between agriculture and water. These models integrate economic theories with environmental sciences to analyze the hydroclimatic and economic information at different geospatial scales in a changing climate. </p> <p>In the first essay, I illustrate how irrigation, as a potential adaptation channel, can reduce the volatility of crop yields and year-on-year variations caused by the projected heat stress. This work includes estimation of yield response to climate variation for irrigated and rainfed crops; and global projections of change in the mean and the variation of crop yields. I use my estimated response function to project future yield variations using NASA NEX-GDDP climate data. I show that the impact of heat stress on rainfed corn is around twice as big as irrigated practices. </p> <p>In the second essay, I establish a framework for estimating the value of soil moisture for rainfed production. This framework is an extension of Schlenker and Roberts (2009) model enabled by the detailed soil moisture information available from the Water Balance Model (WBM). An important contribution is the introduction of a cumulative yield production function considering the daily interaction of heat and soil moisture. I use this framework to investigate the impacts of soil moisture on corn yields in the United States. However, this framework can be used for the valuation of other ecosystem services at daily basis.</p> <p>In the third essay, I have constructed a model that explains how the global market economy interacts with local land and water resources. This helps us to broaden the scope of global to local analysis of systems sustainability. I have employed SIMPLE-G-W (a Simplified International Model of agricultural Prices, Land use, and the Environment- Gridded Water version) to explain the reallocation across regions. The model is based on a cost minimization behavior for irrigation technology choice for around 75,000 grid cells in the United States constrained by water rights, water availability, and quasi-irreversibility of groundwater supply. This model is used to examine the vulnerability of US land and water resources from global changes.</p>

Este trabalho teve, como objetivo, quantificar o rendimento, as características quantitativas e qualitativas de interesse econômico do meloeiro, analisando também a distribuição espacial da água e de íons fertilizantes (nitrato e potássio) no sistema radicular da planta, em dois tipos de solo: Latossolo Vermelho Amarelo (franco-arenoso) e Argissolo Vermelho (argiloso), submetidos aos efeitos do "mulching", em condições de gotejamento superficial e subsuperficial (0,20 e 0,40 m de profundidade). O ensaio foi conduzido na área experimental do Departamento de Engenharia Rural da Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" – ESALQ/USP, em uma área protegida de 330 m2 (22,0 m x 15 m), localizada no município de Piracicaba, SP. Os experimentos foram conduzidos no delineamento em blocos casualizados, com 4 blocos cada, com o arranjo dos tratamentos em fatorial 2 x 3 (6 tratamentos), com a combinação das variáveis "mulching" plástico e profundidade de gotejamento, totalizando 24 parcelas experimentais em cada solo. O monitoramento da umidade foi realizado com tensiômetros de punção e a concentração de nitrato, potássio, pH e condutividade elétrica através de extratores de solução do solo, instalados nas profundidades de 0,15, 0,30 e 0,50 m da superfície do solo, e nas distâncias do gotejador de 0,10, 0,20, 0,30 e 0,40 m. Foram coletadas, ainda, amostras de solo nas profundidades de 0,04, 0,08 e 0,12 m e nas mesmas distâncias do emissor, para o mesmo monitoramento. Foram realizadas análises de pH e de condutividade elétrica do solo nas mesmas posições. O uso do "mulching" incrementou a altura da planta, o diâmetro de colo, a massa média de fruto, a produção por planta, o diâmetro longitudinal e a espessura de polpa, nos solos franco-arenoso e argiloso, além do diâmetro transversal, da relação de formato do fruto, dos sólidos solúveis totais e do pH, no solo argiloso. A profundidade de gotejo a 0,20 m da superfície do solo proporcionou maiores valores médios de massa do fruto e de produção por planta, no solo arenoso, e influenciou o pH do fruto, no solo argiloso. Não foi possível observar efeito dos tratamentos na distribuição de nitrato nos solos franco-arenoso e argiloso, devido a sua complexa dinâmica no solo. A profundidade de gotejo a 0,20 m da superfície do solo e sem "mulching" disponibilizou mais íons potássio à zona de absorção das raízes do meloeiro no solo franco-arenoso, dos 47 DAT aos 63 DAT, período que compreendeu desde o início do florescimento até a fase inicial de frutificação da cultura. Para o solo argiloso, o efeito do "mulching" foi mais evidente na distribuição de íons potássio ao redor da zona radicular do que na profundidade de gotejo. Em ambos os solos, nas caixas sem "mulching", o tratamento com gotejo à 0,20 m da superfície apresentou maior produtividade da água, quando comparado aos demais tratamentos que utilizaram gotejo à superfície e a 0,40 m. / This work aims to quantify melon yield, quantitative and qualitative aspects, as well to observe water and ions distribution (nitrate and potassium) in the root zone for two soils: Yellow Red Latossol (Sandy loam soil) and Red Argissol (Clay soil), under plastic mulching and subsurface drip irrigation (0.20 m and 0.40 m from the soil surface). Melon cycle occurred between november, 2005 until january, 2006. The research site was a greenhouse (330 m2) located at the University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The experimental design was four randomized complete blocks. The treatments were comprised of 24 experimental units for each soil. Soil moisture evaluated by tensiometric batteries, and the nitrate, potassium, pH and EC values by soil solution based on extractors of ceramic capsules disposal at depths of 0.10 m, 0.30 m, and 0.50 m and horizontal distances of 0.10 m, 0.20 m, 0.30 m and 0.40 from the plant, and by soil sampling as shallow depths of 0.04 m, 0.08 m, and 0.12 m at the same horizontal distances from the plant. The plastic mulching increased the height plant, stem diameter, plant production, longitudinal diameter and pulp thickness of the fruit for the sandy loam and clay soil, and transversal diameter, format of the fruit, soluble solids levels and pH of the fruit for the clay soil. The subsurface drip irrigation at 0.20 m from the surface soil provided larger fruit average mass and plant production to sandy loam soil and make influence in pH of the fruit to clay soil. It was not possible to find treatments effects for the nitrate distribution at sandy loam and clay soils due the complex nitrate dynamics in the soil. The subsurface drip irrigation at 0.20 m and without plastic mulching made available more potassium concentration at the melon root absorption zone for the sandy loam soil, from 47 and 63 days after planting, when the blooming started until to frutification period. To clay soil the mulching effect was more evident at the potassium distribution than the subsurface drip irrigation. For both soils, without mulching, subsurface drip irrigation at 0.20 m showed larger water productivity compared to 0.40 m and surface drip irrigation treatments.

Patterns of trees’ endogenous rhythmic growth (ERG) and paralleled C allocation shift between root and shoot systems have been studied, but there is still a need to understand their impact in shaping soil microbiomes. Moreover, the impact of plants on soil microbial communities can be modulated or overweighed by time-induced plant and/or seasonal changes. Thus, we intended to analyze the structure of soil microbiomes as response to simultaneous alternated host tree root and shoot flushes and time-induced changes within one vegetation period at two sites in Central Germany. In this study, we utilized oak phytometers (Quercus robur L., clone DF159) as host trees, and made use of their ERG, whereby consecutive root and shoot flushes make a complete growth cycle. We studied two complete growth cycles during the same vegetation period, performed a non-destructive soil sampling and applied high-throughput amplicon sequencing of the bacterial 16S gene and the fungal ITS2 region. As C allocation shifts between the tree root and shoot, released root exudates and consequently the nutrient availability alternate for soil microorganisms. We therefore anticipated different microbial communities in the host tree root zone along the growth cycles until autumnal leaf senescence. In our results, the bacterial community exhibited a directional change over time along the vegetation period. In contrast, the fungal community appeared sample specific. Our findings enlarge the current understanding of the temporal microbial assembly in the host tree root zone.

From the Proceedings of the 1977 Meetings of the Arizona Section - American Water Resources Assn. and the Hydrology Section - Arizona Academy of Science - April 15-16, 1977, Las Vegas, Nevada / The root system of shrub live oak (Quercus turbinella) was studied in an initial effort to classify the major Arizona chaparral shrubs as potential users of soil water based on root system characteristics. The root system was of the generalized type with a taproot, many deeply penetrating roots, and a strong lateral root system. Roots penetrated 21 feet to bedrock through cracks and fractures in the rocky regolith. A dense network of small surface laterals radiated from the root crown and permeated the upper foot of soil. Because of its root system, shrub live oak is well adapted to utilize both ephemeral surface soil moisture as well as deeply stored moisture. Emphasis is placed on the importance of a knowledge of the root systems of chaparral shrubs and depth of the regolith in planning vegetation conversions to increase water yield.

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