Water scarcity and sustainable agriculture in semiarid environment : tools, strategies, and challenges for woody crops /: tools, strategies, and challenges for woody crops. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ivan Francisco Garcia Tejero, Victor Hugo Duran Zuazo.
• Editors: García-Tejero, Iván Francisco; Zuazo, Victor Hugo Duran
• Contents: 1. Water management and climate change in semiarid environments 2. Efficient water and energy use in irrigated areas. Lessons from semi-arid areas studies. 3. Water footprint and water productivity: Tools to improve the agricultural water management 4. Is possible to produce more food with less water? Section 2. Crop water stress management and water use efficiency under drought conditions 5. Agronomical effects of deficit irrigation in apricot, peach and plum trees 6. Deficit irrigation management in early – maturing peach (Prunus persica L.) trees 7. Long-term physiological and agronomic responses of citrus irrigated with saline reclaimed water 8. Persimmon (Diospyros kaki) trees responses to restrictions in water amount and quality. 9. Precise irrigation in olive (Olea europea L.) tree orchards. 10. Water fluxes in the vineyard (Vitis vinifera L.) and winery 11. Irrigation of pistachio (Pistacia vera L.): Strategies under water scarcity 12. Sustainable deficit irrigation management in almonds (Prunus dulcis L.): Different strategies to assess the crop water status. 13. Irrigation strategies for mango (Mangifera indica L.) under water scarcity scenario in the Mediterranean subtropical environment 14. Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) cultivation and main trends in water saving strategies: a review Section 3. Physiological and molecular responses to drought 15. Fruit water relations and biochemical changes under water stress 16. Genetic improvement of the grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) water use efficiency: Variability among varieties and clones 17. Olive tree under water stress: fitting the pieces of response mechanisms to drought in the crop performance puzzle 18. Environmental factors controlling photosynthesis, growth and yield in papaya plant 19. Fleshy fruit epidermal barrier protection under water stress. 20. Linking Thermography to assess the crop physiological status in woody crops
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 631.432; Soil moisture; Water-supply, Agricultural -- Management; Crops and climate; Sustainable agriculture
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128131657
• Related ISBNs: 9780128131640
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