More than two billion people and 40% of global agricultural production depend upon
unsustainable groundwater extraction. Managed aquifer recharge (MAR), the practice of …

The importance of carbon input to crop productivity is self-evident since 90-9570 of the dry
weight of plants is derived from photosynthically fixed carbon. Recently, there has been an …

The predominant emphasis on harmful effects of environmental stresses on growth of woody
plants has obscured some very beneficial effects of such stresses. Slowly increasing …

Each perennial woody plant is a highly integrated system of competing carbohydrate sinks
(utilization sites). Internal competition for carbohydrates is shown by changes in rates of …

The term stress is defined as an environmental change that tends to inhibit the normal cycle
systems from functioning. Plant species or varieties differ in terms of their optimal …

Effects of soil flooding on the activity of foliar antioxidative enzymes—superoxide dismutase
(SOD), catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POD), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), and glutathione …

Riparian forest ecosystems are important for their high productivity of biomass, their
biodiversity, and ecological services including control of floods and erosion, removal of …

Forests are indispensable as sources of harvested products and a variety of services.
Unfortunately forests throughout the world, and especially in the tropics, are threatened by …

Flooding is a natural disturbance affecting crop and forage production worldwide due to the
detrimental effects that it provokes on most terrestrial plants (Bailey-Serres & Voesenek …

Cotton is known to be poorly adapted to waterlogged conditions. In Australia, cotton
production is concentrated on soils with inherently low drainage rates, which, combined with …