Abstract:Recently, soil deterioration appeared on the Loess Plateau in the form of excessive soil drying under perennial grasses and forests. Excessively dry soil influences the growth and development, stabilization, economic and ecological benefits of plant communities, which is one of the most important problems of vegetation rehabilitation. In this paper, the authors analyzed the relationship between soil desiccation and drying of the root zone soil layer, developed an approach to determine the limit of root zone...