Encyclopedia of Agrophysics

conductivity.- Coefficient of deformation.- Coefficient of dilatability.- Coefficient of dispersion.- Coefficient of elasticity.- Coefficient of elasticity.- Coefficient of expansion.- Coefficient of external friction.- Coefficient of friction.- Coefficient of internal friction.- Coefficient of linear extensibility (COLE).- Coefficient of permeability.- Coefficient of resistance.- Coefficient of heat transfer.- Coherence.- Cohesion.- Colloid.- Color – feature in soils and fruit evaluation.- Compaction,soil.- Compression curve, index, stress.- Compressive force.- Concentrated flow, soil.- Condensation.- Conductance.- Conduction.- Conductivity.- Cone index.- Cone penetrometer.- Confocal technique in microstructure analysis.- Consistency index, constance, soil.- Contact angle.- Controlled traffic.- Convection of heat.- Convection of current.- Cracking, creeping, crusting and sealing phenomena in soils.- Critical angle.- Critical density.- Critical features of soil and plant materials.- Critical pressure.- Critical stress.- Critical void ratio.- Crop responses to soil physical conditions.- Crop responses to soil compaction.- Crumb.- Crushing strength.- Crust, soil.- Cumulative infiltration, soil.- Cumulative distribution, soil.- Cutanic material.- Databases.- Darcy’s law.- Deep percolation.- Deflation.- Degree of compactness.- Degree of saturation.- Degree of damage.- Degree of deformation.- Degree of hardness.- Desication crack, soil.- Detachment.- Dew point.- Dielectric conductivity.- Dielectric constant.- Dielectric permittivity.- Differential water capacity.- Differential weathering.- Diffuse layer.- Diffuse double layer.- Diffuse radiation.- Diffusivity.- Direct shear test.- Discharge curve.- Dispersivity.- Distribution of physical features in soils and plants.- Drain.- Drainage.- Drainage – its advantages and disadvantages.- Drainage basin.- Drainage density.- Dry bulk density.- Dry mass.- Drying processes of plant materials.- Duripan.-Dynamic load.- Dynamic pressure.- Dynamic soil and plant physical processes.- Dynamic strength.- Dynamic viscosity.- Ecoenergy.- Ecohydrology.- Ecohydrological processes.- Effective energy.- Effective force.- Effective porosity.- Effective precipitation.- Effective strain.- Effective stress.- Elastic deformation.- Elasticity.- Elastic limit.- Elastic strain.- Elastic stress.- Elasto-plastic strain.- Elasto-plastic body.- Elastoplasticity.- Electrical properties of granular-powdery materials.- Electrical properties of soils and plant materials.- Electrical resistivity.- Electrokinetic (zeta) potential.- Electromagnetic fields use in agrophysical investigations.- Electromagnetic radiation in agrophysical invetigations.- Energetic products.- Energy flow.- Energy flux.- Energy of deformation.- Enzymes in soils and food products.- Equivalent depth.- Equivalent diameter.- Equivalent radius.- Erodibility.- Erosion.- Erosion – environmental and economical hazard.- Erosive velocity.- Evaporation.- Evapotranspiration.- Exchange capacity.- Exchange complex.- Exchange complex and its role for agriculture and environment.- Exchange phenomena in soils.- Extensibility.- Extrusion.- Extrusion technique and effects.- Fabric.- Failure.- Fatigue strength.- Fatigue stress.- Fatigue test.- Field capacity.- Film water.- Fine earth.- Fine sand.- Fink’s law.- Fissure.- Flexural strength.- Flocculation and dispersion phenomena in soils.- Flow velocity.- Flux density.- Force of external friction.- Force of internal friction.- Fractal analysis of porous materials.- Fragipan.- Free water.- Friable structure.- Friction angle.- Friction coefficient.- Friction force.- Friction phenomena in soils.- Friction resistance.- Furrow erosion.- Furrow irrigation.- Gamma radiation.- Gammascopic methods for agricultural materials.- Gas diffusion.- Gas emission.- Gaseous phase, soil.- Gas production.- Gases production and emission (Soils, wetlands, landfills, animal production).- GeographicalInformation System) (GIS).- Geometry of solid phase.- Global positioning system (GPS).- Grain analysis.- Grain distribution.- Grain-to-ear binding force.- Granular objects.- Granular structure.- Granulometric analysis.- Granulometric composition.- Gravel.- Gravitational water.- Gravity flow.- Greenhouse gas fluxes: effects of physical conditions.- Greenhouse gases.- Ground penetrating radar (GPR).- Ground pressure.- Ground water level.- Ground water table.- Gully erosion.- Hard-pan.- Heat accumulation.- Heat balance.- Heat capacity.- Heat conduction.- Heat dissipation.- Heat emission.- Heat exchange.- Heat flow.- Heat flux density.- Heat losses.- Heat of wetting.- Heat, moisture and air transport in soil-plant-atmosphere system.- Heat properties of soils and plant materials.- Heat radiation.- Heat release.- Heavy clay.- Hydraulic conductivity.- Hydraulic conductivity effects on ground water pollution.- Hydraulic diffusivity.- Hydraulic gradient.- Hydraulic head.- Hydraulic pressure.- Hydraulic profile.- Hydraulic properties of soils.- Hydraulic sorptivity.- Hydrologic cycle.- Hydrophobic and hydrophyllic phenomena.- Hydrophysical properties of peat soils.- Hydrometry.- Hydrophobicity.- Hydrophillity.- Hygroscopicity.- Hygroscopic water.- Hypoxia.- Hysteresis.- Hysteresis phenomena in nature.- Image analysis for soils and plant materials.- Imbibition.- Impact analysis.- Impact energy.- Impact force.- Impact phenomena in soils and plant materials.- Impact resistance.- Impact strength.- Impact stress.- Impermeability.- Infiltration capacity.- Infiltration phenomana in soils.- Infiltration rate.- Infiltration water.- Infrared radiation.- Interception.- Interflow.- Internal friction.- Intrinsic permeability.- Intermolecular bonds.- Intermolecular forces.- Interrelationships: soil-plant-atmosphere-machine technology.- Irrigation.- Irrigation advantages and disatvantages.- Isothermal processes.- Kinematic viscosity.- Kriging.- Land reclamation.- Land use and management effects on soil and plant physical properties.- Laser beam.- Laser irradiation effect on plants.- Laser use in matter evaluation.- Latent heat.- Leaching of chemicals in relation to soil structure.- Leaf analysis.- Light pipe.- Light scattering.- Light velocity.- Lime-pan.- Liquid body.- Liquid phase, soil.- Liquid viscosity.- Loam.- Lodging, plant.- Loosening, soil.- Lysimeter.- Lysimeter and rhizotron for model experiments.- Macroaggregates.- Macropores.- Macroporosity.- Magnetic properties of soils.- Mass and energy transfer (exchange) in soil.- Mathematical modeling in agriculture and environment.- Matric potential.- Mechanical properties of soils and plant materials.- Microaggregates.- Microbial aspects of soil structure.- Micropores.- Microrelief.- Mineral soils.- Modern physical methods.- Modulus of elasticity.- Modulus of plasticity.- Modulus of rigidity.- Modulus of shearing.- Mohr circle.- Moisture-dependent physical properties of plant materials.- Moisture-holding capacity.- Moisture-retention curve.- Moisture tension.- Monitoring physical conditions in agriculture and environment.- Munsell color system use for soil and fruit evaluation.- Net radiation.- Neutron probe.- Non-destructive inspection.- Non-destructive load.- Non-destructive measurement in soils and agricultural products.- Non-limiting water range (NLWR), soil.- Normal stress.- Organic soils.- Ortstein.- Osmotic potential.- Osmotic pressure.- Oven-dry method.- Over-ground air layer.- Oxidation-reduction processes.- Oxidation-reduction reactions role in nutrient transformations in soils.- Oxygen diffusion rate (ODR), soil.- Oxygenology.- Packing density.- Packing voids.- Particle density.- Particle-size analysis.- Particle size distribution.- Perched water table.- Ped.- Pedotransfer function.- Peak discharge.- Penetrability.- Penetration resistance.- Penetrometry.- Percolation.- Permanent deformation.- Permanent load.- Permanent wilting point.- pF curve.- Permeability.- Phase equilibrium.- Physical degradation of soils and plant materials.- Physical methods of preservation plant materials.- Physical methods in soil reclamation.- Physical methods in storage.- Physical processes in food-chain production.- physical properties of soil, plant and agricultural products.- Physical properties of tropical fruits.- Physics in green (glass )houses.- Physics in lysimeter experiments.- Physics of biological materials.- Piezometer.- Plant lodging – economic consequences.- Plant-machine relations.- Plasticity.- Plastic deformation.- Plow pan.- Plow sole.- Pore-size distribution – C.- Pore structure.- Pore water potential.- Pore water pressure.- Pore water velocity.- Pores.- Porosity.- Porosity – its role in soil processes.- Post harvest processing.- Precipitation interception.- Pre-compaction stress.- Pre-consolidation load.- Pre-consolidation pressure.- Preferential flow, soil.- Pressure gradient.- Prismatic soil structure.- Quality of agricultural products in relation to physical conditions.- Quick clay.- Radiant heat.- Radioactive tracer techniques in agriculture.- Rainfall interception.- Reclamation and remediation of physically degraded soils.- Redox potential.- Redoxymorphic features of soils.- Relative compaction.- Remote sensing use in agriculture.- Renewable energy sources.- Residual shrinkage.- Resilience.- Return flow.- Revetment.- Rheology in soils and agricultural products.- Rhizosphere.- Rhizotron.- Rill erosion.- Runoff.- Salinization.- Sand.- Sandy loam.- Sandy clay.- Saturated flow.- Saturated hydraulic conductivity.- Scaling.- Scale dependence relationship between soil physical propperties.- Sedimentation.- Seepage.- Sensitive slope.- Sensitive watershed.- Sensors for environmental monitoring.- Settling velocity.- Shear strength.- Shear strain.- Shear stress.- Sheet erosion.- Shrinkage and swelling phenomena.- Shrinkage.- Silt.- Soil aeration.- Soil aggregates.- Soil air characteristics.- Soil and plant materials thermal characteristics.- Soil andplant materials mechanical and rheological characteristics.- Soil compactibility and compressibility.- Soil compaction effects on environment.- Soil conservation.- Soil core.- Soil creep.- Soil dynamics and traction.- Soil enzymatic activity.- Soil erosion – physical influences.- Soil hydraulic characterstics.- Soil improvement practices.- Soil loss equations.- Soil loss tolerance.- Soil - machine relations.- Soil – machine – plant relastions.- Soil management.- S-matrix.- Soil mechanics.- Soil micromorphology.- Soil moisture retention.- Soil physical conditions and plant water and nutrient use.- Soil physical stresses and plant response.- Soil physical quality.- Soil – plant relations.- Soil – plant – atmosphere relations.- Soil – plant – food relations.- Soil pores.- Soil porosity.- Soil porous media and microbes.- Soil probe.- Soil redox properties.- Soil resilience.- Soil stabilization.- Soil strength.- Soil structure.- Soil suction.- Soil temperature.- Soil texture.- Soil tilth.- Soil water.- Soil water characteristics.- Soil water diffusivity.- Soil water management.- Soil water potential.- Soil water retention.- Soil water – plant relations.- Soil wetness.- Soil –tyre interaction.- Solidification.- Solid phase, soil.- Solid phase wettability consequences.- Sorptivity.- Spatial variability of soil and plant physical properties.- Spatial and temporal variability of soil physical properties.- Specific gravity.- Specific surface area.- Specific water capacity.- Spectral band.- Spectral colors.- Spectral radiance.- Splash detachment.- Static penetrometer.- Static soil and plant physical properties.- statistics in agrophysics.- Stem flow.- Sticky limit.- Sticky point.- Stoke’s law.- Stoniness.- Storage hazards.- Strain.- Streambed erosion.- Stream load.- Strength.- Stress-strain.- Structure.- Subsoiling.- Subsurface drainage.- Subsurface phenomena.- Suction.- Surface area (specific) – role in soil processes and in plants.- Surface charge.-Surface drain.- Surface free energy.- Surface properties in soil evaluation.- Surface runoff.- Surface roughness.- Surface phenomena in soils and plants.- Surface soil sealing and crusting.- Surface waters.- Susceptibility to compaction.- Susceptibility to compression.- Suspension.- Sustainable land use.- Swelling hysteresis.- Teledetection for soil environment and plant cover.- Temperature of soil and overground atmosphere.- Tensile strength.- Tensiometry.- Tension.- Tension disc infiltrometer.- Textural analysis.- Textural triangle.- Thermal analysis.- Thermal conductivity.- Thermal diffusivity.- Thermal properties.- Thermistor.- Thermocouple.- Thermophysical properties of granular food materials.- Thermo-TDR sensor.- Thermo-time reflectometry.- Thermography.- Thin section.- Thixotropy.- Throughfall.- Tight soil.- Tillability.- Tillage practices and soil physics.- Tillage systems.- Tillage pan.- Till fabric.- Time – Domain – Reflectometry (TDR).- Tortuosity.- Total potential.- Trafficability and workability of soils.- Trematropism.- Trenching.- Triaxal shear test.- Turbidity.- Turbulent flow.- Turbulent phenomena in soils.- Turbulent velocity.- Unavailable water.- Underflow.- Underground runoff.- Unidimensional shrinkage.- Uniaxial compression.- Unitary shrinkage.- Universal soil loss equation (USLE).- Unsaturated flow.- Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity.- Unsaturated zone.- Upper plastic limit.- Vacuum cooling method in storage.- Vadose water.- Vadose zone.- Van Genuchten retention model.- Vapor.- Vapor density.- Vapor flow.- Vertical shrinkage.- Virgin compression line.- Viscosity.- Void.- Void ratio.- Volume wetness.- Volumetric water content.- Vugh.- Water application efficiency.- Water balance.- Water cycle.- Water disposal system.- Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP).- Water-filled pore space.- Water flow velocity.- Water holding capacity.- Water hysteresis.- Waterlogging.- Water management in soil.- Water movement.- Water potential.- Waterpressure.- Water release curve.- Water retention.- Water retention curve (pF curve).- Water suction.- Water table.- Water use efficiency.- Water use in various ecosystems.- Wet-sieving.- Wettability of soils and plant materials.- Wetting rate.- Wilting point.- Wind erosion.- Workability.- X-Radiography.- Yield strength.- Zeta potential.

journals and has published over 250 scientific papers. He is author or co-author of several chapters in books, including works as Soil Physical Conditions and Plant Roots (CRC Press).