Description
Water Scarcity and Sustainable Agriculture in Semiarid Environment: Tools, Strategies and Challenges for Woody Crops explores the complex relationship between water scarcity and climate change, agricultural water-use efficiency, crop-water stress management and modeling water scarcity in woody crops. Understanding these cause- and effect relationships and identifying the most appropriate responses are critical for sustainable crop production. The book focuses on Mediterranean environments to explain how to determine the most appropriate strategy and implement an effective plan; however, core concepts are translational to other regions. Informative for those working in agricultural water management, irrigation and drainage, crop physiology and sustainable agriculture.- Focuses on semi-arid crops including olive, vine, citrus, almonds, peach, nectarine, plum, subtropical fruits and others- Explores crop physiological responses to drought at plant, cellular and/or molecular levels- Presents tool options for assessing crop-water status and irrigation scheduling
Table of Contents
Section 1: Water Scarcity - Climate Change and Environmental Challenges1. Water Management and Climate Change in Semiarid Environments2. Water-Energy Nexus in Irrigated Areas. Lessons from Real Case Studies3. Water Footprint Accounting for Improving Irrigation Management in Olive Trees4. Local and Collective Actions for Adaptation to Use Less Water for Agriculture in the Mediterranean RegionSection 2: Crop Water Stress Management and Water Use Efficiency Under Drought Conditions5. Agronomical Effects of Deficit Irrigation in Apricot, Peach, and Plum Trees6. Deficit Irrigation Management in Early-Maturing Peach Crop7. Long-Term Physiological and Agronomic Responses of Citrus Irrigated With Saline Reclaimed Water8. Persimmon (Diospyros kaki) Trees Responses to Restrictions in Water Amount and Quality9. Precision Irrigation in Olive (Olea europaea L.) Tree Orchards10. Water and Heat Fluxes in Mediterranean Vineyards: Indicators and Relevance for Management11. Irrigation of Pistachios: Strategies to Confront Water Scarcity12. Sustainable Deficit-Irrigation Management in Almonds (Prunus dulcis L.): Different Strategies to Assess the Crop Water Status13. Irrigation Strategies for Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Under Water-Scarcity Scenario in the Mediterranean Subtropical Environment14. Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) Trends in Water-Saving Strategies and Production Potential in a Mediterranean Climate, the Study Case of SE Spain: A ReviewSection 3: Physiological and Molecular Responses to Drought15. Fruit Response to Water-Scarcity Scenarios. Water Relations and Biochemical Changes16. Genetic Improvement of Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) Water Use Efficiency: Variability Among Varieties and Clones17. Mesophyll Conductance to CO2 Diffusion: Effects of Drought and Opportunities for Improvement~18. The Olive Tree Under Water Stress: Fitting the Pieces of Response Mechanisms in the Crop Performance Puzzle19. Environmental Factors Controlling Carbon Assimilation, Growth, and Yield of Papaya (Carica papaya L.) Under Water- Scarcity Scenarios20. Fleshy Fruit Epidermis is a Protective Barrier Under Water Stress
