In southern Tunisia, the lack of permanent surface water, associated with drought conditions,
leads to an endless abstraction from the limited low renewable multi-layered aquifer system …

Date palm is a crop suited to hot, arid regions. It originated in Mesopotamia and the centres
of production are in West Asia and North Africa. Despite its regional and international …

Of the many varieties of date palms, the species Phoenix dactylifera Linn. is cultivated
extensively and traded and consumed worldwide. Dates: Production, Processing, Food, and …

Detecting soil salinity changes and its impact on vegetation cover are necessary to
understand the relationships between these changes in vegetation cover. This study aims to …

In southern Tunisia oases, waterlogging, salinity, and water shortage represent serious
threats to the sustainability of irrigated agriculture. Understanding the interaction between …

Salinity and waterlogging associated with saline and shallow groundwater are major
problems for the sustainability of irrigated agriculture in many Saharan oases located in …

Date palm is frequently irrigated with brackish water. Developing tools to monitor salinity
effects at the single-tree level may assist agronomy and phenotyping. Sixteen elite varieties …

The pump-irrigated soils of the coastal Chaouia in Morocco are subject to changes in their
qualities due to the quality of the irrigation water and their proximity to the sea. This work …

Indigenous fruit trees, though critical to the local livelihoods in many areas across the world,
continue to receive little research and policy attention. In this study, we recorded the …

Overwetting and soil salinization processes are common in irrigated date palm orchards in
Israel. Subsurface drainage systems are generally used to overcome soil salinity …