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The water balance of irrigated crops teaches us that a major portion of the water in the root zone is lost as vapor to the atmosphere. Water losses occurring directly from the soil surface are usually called evaporation, whereas transpiration refers to the water losses from plants. Physically, the processes are identical, because both involve a change of phase of water from liquid form to vapor form and transport of water into the atmosphere. The concept of evapotranspiration refers to the total atmospheric losses of water from soil and plant surfaces. However, as used in this chapter the word evaporation will mean all water losses in vapor form, regardless of the nature of the surface.
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Fuchs, M. (1973). Water Transfer from the Soil and the Vegetation to the Atmosphere. In: Yaron, B., Danfors, E., Vaadia, Y. (eds) Arid Zone Irrigation. Ecological Studies, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65570-8_10
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