| (image) – This figure also shows how soil moisture in its turn has a strong influence on crop
production. It does so through several routes: adequate soil moisture provides
a buffer and ensures water availability to plants even in the absence of rainfall;
soil moisture is essential to mobilise transport of nutrients to and through the
plants; and adequate soil moisture improves soil chemical processes and aids the
availability in particular of the... | (Bila tafsiri) | Hariri |