root zone
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrootandzone
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root
noun[C]
uk/ruːt/us/ruːt/
the part of a plant that grows down into the earth to get water and food and holds the plant firm in ...
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zone
noun[C]
uk/zəʊn/us/zoʊn/
an area, especially one that is different from the areas around it because it has different characteristics or is used for ...
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(Definition ofrootandzonefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This pattern suggests superposition of pure shear on simple-shear deformation, and implies tectonic extrusion of the material from therootzone.
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However, this does not by itself solve therootzoneproblem.
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The calculated deficits are based on the whole profile, down to 0.90 m and may underestimate the effective deficit in therootzone.
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For successful crop production on such soils, leaching, together with sub-surface drainage, is required to flush out the salts from therootzone.
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The first is a leaching model that translates the quantity of pesticide applied into a quantity leached below the croprootzone.
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We were able to exploit this vulnerable process in the parasite's life cycle and induce germination outside therootzonewith a substitute stimulus.
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Therootzoneprofiles in the mulched plots were frequently wetter than the bare plots.
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The activity in the exudate did not persist and was effective only within therootzone.
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Fishes were present in therootzoneof all rafts.
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By comparison, the maximum depth of extractable water in therootzonewas 80-90 mm.
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In this respect their green manuring effects might be in-uenced more by therootzonethan by the above ground parts.
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Provision of subsurface drainage is essential to lower the depth of the water table and to remove the excess soluble salts from therootzone.
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A related consequence of microgravity is the propensity for hypoxia to develop in therootzone.
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Drainage below the activerootzonewas calculated as the difference between applied water and crop water use + tail water and/or runoff.
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This study clearly demonstrates thatrootzonegeometries may thus be a product of large-scale fold interference generated during progressive and/or multiple phases of deformation within orogenic belts.
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Pure-shear components are superposed at the rear and probably at the front of the nappes, and are considered to be the result of tectonic extrusion from therootzone.
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This requirement, which normally insures that seeds of the parasite will germinate within the plant'srootzone, also made the seed susceptible to a substitute stimulus.
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