root zone
root zone noun: the region of soil in which the roots of plants can effectively extract water and nutrients essential for growth.
Noun
root zone (plural root zones)
- The region of soil in which the roots of plants can effectively extract water and nutrients essential for growth.
- So, too, repeated watering of this character would only exaggerate the difficulty until the soil of the root zone was too far dried to be further affected in the manner under consideration.1890, University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Research Division, Annual Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Wisconsin for the Year...
- Tensiometers placed in the active root zone and near the bottom of the root zone (corresponding to depths of 30 and 60 cm in the figure) provide information that permits control of deep percolation.1973, McGraw-Hill Book Company, McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, page 382
root zone meaning in Tamil
root zone in Tamil
- வோமண்டலம், வோ மண்டலம்
Forms of root zone
| plural | root zones |
|---|---|
| alternative form | rootzone |
Origin of root zone
From root + zone.
Questions about root zone
- What does root zone mean?
- Root zone means the region of soil in which the roots of plants can effectively extract water and nutrients essential for growth.
- What is root zone in Tamil?
- Root zone in Tamil is வோமண்டலம், வோ மண்டலம். See Root zone meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is root zone?
- Root zone is a noun.
- What is the plural of root zone?
- The plural of root zone is root zones.
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