The burgeoning population of world is expected to reach about 9-10 billion by the end of
year 2050. Due to this rapidly increasing population, food productivity is decreasing …

Blossom-end rot (BER) is a physiological disorder causing severe losses in tomato crops.
Despite its economic importance and the large collection of studies concerning its onset …

The Science of Grapevines, Third Edition reflects the latest insights into cultivar
relationships, vascular transport, hormone action, and stress responses of grapevines …

Scarcity of water is a severe environmental limit to plant productivity. Drought-induced loss
in crop yield probably exceeds losses from all other causes, since both the severity and …

Understanding the mechanisms of calcium (Ca2+) deficiency disorder development in
plants has been a challenge for more than a 100 years. Previous studies support the …

Salinity is a major problem in arid and semi-arid regions, where irrigation is essential for
crop production. Major sources of salinity in these regions are salt-rich irrigation water and …

Ensuring adequate food production is a major issue in the context of an increasing human
population, limit to the areas of new land that can be cultivated, and loss of existing …

From a review of the relevant literature it is concluded that Ca 2+ deficiency is not the cause
but a result of blossom-end rot (BER) in tomato and pepper fruit. Actually, a depletion of the …

The basic principles of mineral nutrition of crops have been reviewed by many authors
(Marschner, 1995; Mengel and Kirkby, 2001; Epstein and Bloom, 2005). While the theory of …

Decoupled aquaponic systems (DAPS) use the wastewater of recirculated aquaculture
systems (RAS) as water source for plant production in recirculated hydroponic systems. RAS …