Absorption -- Acoustic tomography -- Adherence -- Adhesion -- Adsorption complex -- Adsorption energy and surface heterogeneity -- Advances in soil water system -- Aeration -- Aeration and soil enzymes -- Aerial photography -- Aerial photography use for soils and plants -- After-effect -- After- effect phenomenon in environment -- Aggregate-size distribution -- Agricultural products -- Agrophysical metrology -- Agrophysical objects (soils, plants, plant materials, plant products, near ground atmosphere, animals) -- Agrophysical relations -- Agrophysics - Physics applied to agriculture -- Agrophysics in modern technologies -- Air dry -- Air entry value -- Air porosity -- Air space ratio -- Amelioration -- Anaerobiosis -- Anaerobiosis and its role in environment -- Angle of friction -- Angle of reflection -- Angle of refraction -- Angle of repose -- Angle of shearing resistance -- Angle of slide -- Angle of torsion -- Anion exchange -- Anthric saturation -- Apparent cohesion -- Apparent density -- Apparent features of soils and plant materials -- Apparent specific gravity -- Apparent viscosity -- Apparent volume -- Apparent weight -- Atmosphere near ground (Microclimate) -- Bedrock -- Bending force -- Bending load -- Bending properties of plants -- Bending strength -- Bending stress -- Biodynamics -- Biological responses to environmental physical coditions -- Biophysics -- Bound water -- Buffer capacity -- Bulk density -- Bulk materials -- Bulk modulus -- Bulk properties -- Bulk specific gravity -- Bulk volume -- Bypass flow, soil -- Capillary properties of soils -- Capillary ascencion -- Capillary condensention -- Capillary conductivity -- Capillary flow -- Capillary fringe -- Capillary pores -- Capillary porosity -- Capillary potential -- Capillary pressure -- Capillary rise -- Capillary water -- Capillary zone -- Catena -- Cation exchange -- Cation exchange capacity (CEC) -- Cavitation -- Chelates -- Cheluviation -- Clay -- Clay minerals and organo-mineral associates -- Claypan -- Claypan and its environmental effects -- Clod -- Coefficient of conductivity -- Coefficient of deformation -- Coefficient of dilatability -- Coefficient of dispersion -- Coefficient of elasticity -- Coefficient of elasticity -- Coefficient of expansion -- Coefficient of external friction -- Coefficient of friction -- Coefficient of internal friction -- Coefficient of linear extensibility (COLE) -- Coefficient of permeability -- Coefficient of resistance -- Coefficient of heat transfer -- Coherence -- Cohesion -- Colloid -- Color - feature in soils and fruit evaluation -- Compaction,soil -- Compression curve, index, stress -- Compressive force -- Concentrated flow, soil -- Condensation -- Conductance -- Conduction -- Conductivity -- Cone index -- Cone penetrometer -- Confocal technique in microstructure analysis -- Consistency index, constance, soil -- Contact angle -- Controlled traffic -- Convection of heat -- Convection of current -- Cracking, creeping, crusting and sealing phenomena in soils -- Critical angle -- Critical density -- Critical features of soil and plant materials -- Critical pressure -- Critical stress -- Critical void ratio -- Crop responses to soil physical conditions -- Crop responses to soil compaction -- Crumb -- Crushing strength -- Crust, soil -- Cumulative infiltration, soil -- Cumulative distribution, soil -- Cutanic material -- Databases -- Darcy's law -- Deep percolation -- Deflation -- Degree of compactness -- Degree of saturation -- Degree of damage -- Degree of deformation -- Degree of hardness -- Desication crack, soil -- Detachment -- Dew point -- Dielectric conductivity -- Dielectric constant -- Dielectric permittivity -- Differential water capacity -- Differential weathering -- Diffuse layer -- Diffuse double layer -- Diffuse radiation -- Diffusivity -- Direct shear test -- Discharge curve -- Dispersivity -- Distribution of physical features in soils and plants -- Drain -- Drainage -- Drainage - its advantages and disadvantages -- Drainage basin -- Drainage density -- Dry bulk density -- Dry mass -- Drying processes of plant materials -- Duripan -- Dynamic load -- Dynamic pressure -- Dynamic soil and plant physical processes -- Dynamic strength -- Dynamic viscosity -- Ecoenergy -- Ecohydrology -- Ecohydrological processes -- Effective energy -- Effective force -- Effective porosity -- Effective precipitation -- Effective strain -- Effective stress -- Elastic deformation -- Elasticity -- Elastic limit -- Elastic strain -- Elastic stress -- Elasto-plastic strain -- Elasto-plastic body -- Elastoplasticity -- Electrical properties of granular-powdery materials -- Electrical properties of soils and plant materials -- Electrical resistivity -- Electrokinetic (zeta) potential -- Electromagnetic fields use in agrophysical investigations -- Electromagnetic radiation in agrophysical invetigations -- Energetic products -- Energy flow -- Energy flux -- Energy of deformation -- Enzymes in soils and food products -- Equivalent depth -- Equivalent diameter -- Equivalent radius -- Erodibility -- Erosion -- Erosion - environmental and economical hazard -- Erosive velocity -- Evaporation -- Evapotranspiration -- Exchange capacity -- Exchange complex -- Exchange complex and its role for agriculture and environment -- Exchange phenomena in soils -- Extensibility -- Extrusion -- Extrusion technique and effects -- Fabric -- Failure -- Fatigue strength -- Fatigue stress -- Fatigue test -- Field capacity -- Film water -- Fine earth -- Fine sand -- Fink's law -- Fissure -- Flexural strength -- Flocculation and dispersion phenomena in soils -- Flow velocity -- Flux density -- Force of external friction -- Force of internal friction -- Fractal analysis of porous materials -- Fragipan -- Free water -- Friable structure -- Friction angle -- Friction coefficient -- Friction force -- Friction phenomena in soils -- Friction resistance -- Furrow erosion -- Furrow irrigation -- Gamma radiation -- Gammascopic methods for agricultural materials -- Gas diffusion -- Gas emission -- Gaseous phase, soil -- Gas production -- Gases production and emission (Soils, wetlands, landfills, animal production) -- Geographical Information System) (GIS) -- Geometry of solid phase -- Global positioning system (GPS) -- Grain analysis -- Grain distribution -- Grain-to-ear binding force -- Granular objects -- Granular structure -- Granulometric analysis -- Granulometric composition -- Gravel -- Gravitational water -- Gravity flow -- Greenhouse gas fluxes: effects of physical conditions -- Greenhouse gases -- Ground penetrating radar (GPR) -- Ground pressure -- Ground water level -- Ground water table -- Gully erosion -- Hard-pan -- Heat accumulation -- Heat balance -- Heat capacity -- Heat conduction -- Heat dissipation -- Heat emission -- Heat exchange -- Heat flow -- Heat flux density -- Heat losses -- Heat of wetting -- Heat, moisture and air transport in soil-plant-atmosphere system -- Heat properties of soils and plant materials -- Heat radiation -- Heat release -- Heavy clay -- Hydraulic conductivity -- Hydraulic conductivity effects on ground water pollution -- Hydraulic diffusivity -- Hydraulic gradient -- Hydraulic head -- Hydraulic pressure -- Hydraulic profile -- Hydraulic properties of soils -- Hydraulic sorptivity -- Hydrologic cycle -- Hydrophobic and hydrophyllic phenomena -- Hydrophysical properties of peat soils -- Hydrometry -- Hydrophobicity -- Hydrophillity -- Hygroscopicity -- Hygroscopic water -- Hypoxia -- Hysteresis -- Hysteresis phenomena in nature -- Image analysis for soils and plant materials -- Imbibition -- Impact analysis -- Impact energy -- Impact force -- Impact phenomena in soils and plant materials -- Impact resistance -- Impact strength -- Impact stress -- Impermeability -- Infiltration capacity -- Infiltration phenomana in soils -- Infiltration rate -- Infiltration water -- Infrared radiation -- Interception -- Interflow -- Internal friction -- Intrinsic permeability -- Intermolecular bonds -- Intermolecular forces -- Interrelationships: soil-plant-atmosphere-machine technology -- Irrigation -- Irrigation advantages and disatvantages -- Isothermal processes -- Kinematic viscosity -- Kriging -- Land reclamation -- Land use and management effects on soil and plant physical properties -- Laser beam -- Laser irradiation effect on plants -- Laser use in matter evaluation -- Latent heat -- Leaching of chemicals in relation to soil structure -- Leaf analysis -- Light pipe -- Light scattering -- Light velocity -- Lime-pan -- Liquid body -- Liquid phase, soil -- Liquid viscosity -- Loam -- Lodging, plant -- Loosening, soil -- Lysimeter -- Lysimeter and rhizotron for model experiments -- Macroaggregates -- Macropores -- Macroporosity -- Magnetic properties of soils -- Mass and energy transfer (exchange) in soil -- Mathematical modeling in agriculture and environment -- Matric potential -- Mechanical properties of soils and plant materials -- Microaggregates -- Microbial aspects of soil structure -- Micropores -- Microrelief -- Mineral soils -- Modern physical methods -- Modulus of elasticity -- Modulus of plasticity -- Modulus of rigidity -- Modulus of shearing -- Mohr circle -- Moisture-dependent physical properties of plant materials -- Moisture-holding capacity -- Moisture-retention curve -- Moisture tension -- Monitoring physical conditions in agriculture and environment -- Munsell color system use for soil and fruit evaluation -- Net radiation -- Neutron probe -- Non-destructive inspection -- Non-destructive load -- Non-destructive measurement in soils and agricultural products -- Non-limiting water range (NLWR), soil -- Normal stress -- Organic soils -- Ortstein -- Osmotic potential -- Osmotic pressure -- Oven-dry method -- Over-ground air layer -- Oxidation-reduction processes -- Oxidation-reduction reactions role in nutrient transformations in soils -- Oxygen diffusion rate (ODR), soil -- Oxygeno. This Encyclopedia of Agrophysics will provide up-to-date information on the physical properties and processes affecting the quality of the environment and plant production. It will be a "first-up" volume which will nicely complement the recently published Encyclopedia of Soil Science, (November 2007) which was published in the same series. In a single authoritative volume a collection of about 250 informative articles and ca 400 glossary terms covering all aspects of agrophysics will be presented. The authors will be renowned specialists in various aspects in agrophysics from a wide variety of countries. Agrophysics is important both for research and practical use not only in agriculture, but also in areas like environmental science, land reclamation, food processing etc. Agrophysics is a relatively new interdisciplinary field closely related to Agrochemistry, Agrobiology, Agroclimatology and Agroecology. Nowadays it has been fully accepted as an agricultural and environmental discipline. As such this Encyclopedia volume will be an indispensable working tool for scientists and practitioners from different disciplines, like agriculture, soil science, geosciences, environmental science, geography, and engineering.