Soil Water and Nitrogen in Mediterranean-type Environments
ICARDA has the serious and urgent responsibility for increasing the quantity and availability of food in the extensive North Africa-West Asia region, and therefore must give high priority to optimising the use of soil water and nitrogen which are considered to be among the main limiting factors to p...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1981, 1981
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1981 |
| Series: | Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Climate, soil and land resources in North Africa and West Asia
- 2. Environmental resources and restraints to agricultural production in a Mediterranean-type environment
- 3. Rainfed farming systems in the Mediterranean region
- 4. Water dynamics in the soil-plant-atmosphere system
- 5. Plant-water relations and adaptation to stress
- 6. Accession, transformation, and loss of nitrogen in soils of the arid region
- 7. Nitrogen and plant production
- 8. Modelling the interaction of water and nitrogen
- 9. Optimizing the use of water and nitrogen through soil and crop management
- 10. Optimizing the use of water and nitrogen through breeding of crops
- 11. Plant improvement for semi-arid rangelands: Possibilities for drought resistance and nitrogen fixation
- Epilogue: Themes and variations
- Recommendations