Crop irrigation uses more than 70% of the world's water, and thus, improving irrigation
efficiency is decisive to sustain the food demand from a fast-growing world population. This …

A greenhouse provides an essential means of livelihood to its owner and must be
economically practical for the particular climate in which it stands. Greenhouses: Advanced …

Greenhouse systems improve growing conditions of vegetable, fruit and ornamental crops.
Greenhouse coverage protects plants from adverse atmospheric agents and, together with …

Judicious irrigation necessitates development of technologies that apply the precise amount
of water demanded by crops. The goal is to schedule irrigation according to the particular …

Por cultivo sin suelo, se entiende cualquier sistema que no emplea el suelo para su
desarrollo, pudiéndose cultivar en una solución nutritiva, o sobre cualquier sustrato con …

Intensive vegetable cropping systems use large amounts of water and nutrients. Excess
application of water and nutrients results in economic losses (higher fertilizers and pumping …

Precision agriculture improves field-level management practices for promoting sustainable
food production systems. Moreover, sustainability in farm production requires matching the …

Hourly meteorological and soil water potential data collected during the summer season on
a container crop of 2-year-old plants of Hypericum hidcote were used to develop a …

Plant water deficit index (PWDI) represents the extent of water stress by relating soil
moisture to the ability of a plant to take up water including consideration of the relative …

Transpiration is a major cooling mechanism of greenhouse crop canopies. The larger this
energy dissipation component, the smaller the required ventilation rate. The evaporation …