Response of Crops to Limited Water: Understanding and Modeling Water Stress Effects on Plant Growth Processes

Agricultural systems modelers see a snarl of competing water demands, depleted aquifers, increased drought, and changing plant water requirements due to global warming and know where the answers lie--in simultaneously achieving * conservation of rain and irrigation water by management that cuts losses from runoff, deep percolation, and evaporation * preservation of the quality of groundwater and soil by preventing salinization and nitrate and pesticide pollution * increased water use efficiency of crops by optimizing irrigation, smart allocation of limited water, and advantageous selection of crops by regions, with selection of alternate crops in drought years But, these goals require a whole-system quantitative approach, and current models need improvement. Farmers and ranchers need simple management tools, which can be derived from robust models. Response of Crops to Limited Water: Understanding and Modeling Water Stress Effects on Plant Growth Processes compiles the work of world experts in various aspects of this topic, emphasizing recent knowledge of water stress effects, with the goal of improving these models and expanding the benefits of their use.

• Format: Misc.
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891181881
• ISBN13: 9780891181880
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Acsess