Inferior quality water can be used by agricultural producers in arid and semi-arid regions
due to the lower availability of good-quality water. Therefore, the objective was to identify the …

The excess of salts can affect several processes in the crops, and nitrogen (N) can attenuate
the depressive effect of salinity. The objective was to evaluate the influence of nitrogen …

Leaf gas exchanges in plants and soil respiration are important tools for assessing the
effects of salinity on the soil-plant system. An experiment was conducted with cowpea …

The frequent use of saline water for crop irrigation, under climatic conditions of semiarid
region, can directly affect the physiological processes of plants. However, nutritional …

The cowpea is one of the main crops of economic and social importance in the northeast of
Brazil. However, the growing need to increase crop yield has prompted the use of irrigation …

HIGHLIGHTS: The combination of salt and water stresses increased the accumulation of
CO2 in the leaf mesophyll of zucchini cv. Caserta. Photosynthesis and water use efficiency …

Absence of drainage associated with high evapotranspiration and irregular precipitations
contributes to the accumulation of salts in the soil, reducing nutrient absorption and yield …

Scarcity of good-quality water is a limiting factor for irrigated agriculture, especially in semi-
arid regions, which leads to the use of water with high salt content to irrigate crops …

The use of saline water negatively affects gas exchange and plant growth. However,
fertilization with a mineral source has been used to mitigate salt stress on agricultural crops …

The problem of the lack of adequate water resources for agriculture has intensified in recent
years, making it necessary to use waters with relatively high concentration of salts for the …