Description
Sustainable Agriculture under Drought Stress: Integrated Soil, Water and Nutrient Management seamlessly blends cutting-edge research with practical applications, offering a unique perspective on tackling this urgent challenge. Through a multidisciplinary lens, this book provides a cohesive and comprehensive understanding of both the current landscape and future prospects. Readers will find this book equips them with the knowledge and strategies required to manage soil nutrients and water effectively, ensuring the health of both soil and plants, especially in arid and semi-arid regions, where solutions are urgently needed.This book offers actionable insights into mitigating the impacts of climate change on agricultural systems, making it essential reading for anyone invested in sustainable land management and food security.- Clarifies mechanisms and proposes solutions for enhancing soil health and fertility, irrigation management, and crop production in drought-stressed environments- Presents a diverse array of options for responding to drought stress, optimizing plant health and furthering sustainability- Explores emerging cropping systems and opportunities
Table of Contents
Section 1: Water scarcity, climate change and agriculture sustainability1. Impact of climate change and drought stress on arid land agriculture2. Growing water scarcity in agriculture: Future challenge to global water security3. Wastewater reuse, water conservation and management in semi-arid and arid lands for sustainable agriculture4. Strategies for deficit irrigation of crops5. New approaches to irrigation scheduling of agronomic crops6. A Contribution to soil fertility assessment for arid and semi-arid lands7. Sustainable crops to cope with water scarcity and low nutritional demand8. Sustainable fruit trees to cope with water scarcity and low nutritional demand9. Impacts of climate change/drought stress on plant Metabolome10. Impacts of drought on disease development and managementSection 2: Linking water stress and crop nutrition11. Problems of soil nutrient availability for crop production under drought stress12. Effects of drought stress on soil nitrogen cycling13. Plant growth under drought stress: Significance of mineral nutrients14. Novel aspects of fertilization in arid and semiarid regionsSection 3: Improving the soil fertility under drought conditions15. Improving the efficiency of nutrient transfer from fertilizers under drought conditions16. Changes of soil microbial, physical and chemical characteristics under drought stress17. The impact of drought stress on soil microbial community, enzyme activities and microbial diversity18. Drought stress and root-Associated bacterial communities19. Drought stress and root-Associated fungal communities20. Dynamics of soil fertility management practices in arid and semi-arid regions21. Soil fertility management for cereal crops in semi-arid and arid conditions22. Improving soil fertility and moisture in arid and semi-arid regions using organic amendmentsSection 4: Positive Interactions between crops and soil microorganisms to enhance the drought tolerance23. Reclamation of arid and semi-arid soils: The role of plant growth-promoting archaea and bacteria24. Reclamation of arid and semi-arid soils: The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi25. Improved soil water retention and reduced evaporation in drought-stressed agriculture by soil beneficial microbes26. Rhizosphere engineering for managing agriculture in arid and semi-arid regionsSection 5: Crop physiological and yield responses to water stress27. Effect of soil drought on plant root systems and nutrient availability28. Plant drought stress tolerance: understanding its physiological, biochemical and molecular mechanisms29. Crop root responses to drought stress: Molecular mechanisms, nutrient regulations, and interactions with microorganisms in the rhizosphere30. Water management in irrigated rice: coping with water scarcity
