TY - JOUR AU - Arkley, Rodney J. AU - Ulrich, Rudolph TI - Climatic limitations on plant growth evaluated by balancing soil moisture against evaporation and transpiration JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1961/01/01 VL - 15 IS - 1 SP - 4 EP - 6 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v015n01p4 AB - Crop selection and soil management practices can be based on accurate estimates of evapotranspiration—water loss from the soil by direct evaporation and by plant transpiration—derived from climatic analysis. Growth of crop plants is dependent on the three major factors of soil, climate and management. Soil and management have been studied more thoroughly and are better understood than the factor of climate.