TY - JOUR AU - Letey, J. AU - Stolzy, L. H. AU - Valoras, N. AU - Szuszkiewicz, T. E. TI - Low soil oxygen most damaging to plants during hot weather JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1963/05/01 VL - 17 IS - 5 SP - 15 EP - 15 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v017n05p15 AB - Low soil oxygen conditions were found most detrimental to plant growth when air or soil temperatures were high. Test results also emphasized the importance of promoting rapid water intake rates to eliminate prolonged flooding of the soil to get water into root zones.