Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the phenomenon of lodging in wheat, barley,
and oats. Lodging is the state of permanent displacement of the stems from their upright …

With increasing municipal and industrial demands for water, its allocation for agriculture is
decreasing steadily. The major agricultural use of water is for irrigation, which, thus, is …

Publisher Summary This chapter emphasizes the measurement of plant water potential
following the realization of the importance of atmospheric demand in determining plant …

This single volume explores the theoretical and the practical aspects of crop physiological
processes around the world The marked decrease over the past century in the land …

In germination stage, decreased wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedling growth (mg per
seedling) as affected by drought and salinity stresses is a well-known phenomenon. The …

Characteristics of tropical rainfall and evaporation, together with their implications,
especially in relation to plant growth, agriculture, land use, soil erosion, soil and water …

Improvement of water use efficiency (WUE) of field crops in the Mediterranean region is an
imperative imposed by the critical situation of water resources of the region, as well as by the …

Employing locally adapted plants together with irrigation scheduling based on
developmental stage in semi-arid and arid regions may provide an opportunity to optimize …

Yield trials of advanced lines of pearl millet were grown under midseason (panicle initiation
to flowering) and terminal (flowering to maturity) drought stresses in the dry seasons of 1981 …

Every year, increasing areas of irrigated land are being planted to tropical wheat (Triticum
aestivum L.) in the Sahel. However, knowledge on how irrigation and nitrogen (N) supply …