Improved drought resistance by intergeneric graftingin Salicaceae plants under water deficits

Optimal cropping patterns under water deficits

A mathematical programming model is proposed for optimal cropping patterns under water de®cits in dry regions. Crops may be deliberately under-irrigated in order to increase the total irrigated area and possibly the pro®t. An operating policy will identify both the total area and the irrigation level allocated to a given selected crop taking into account the possible successors and predecessors...

Improved Implicit Stochastic Optimization Technique for Multireservoir Water Systems under Drought Conditions

Drought is a creeping phenomenon, making its onset and end difficult to determine. Damages from droughts can exceed those resulting from any other natural hazard, although it is difficult to assign a monetary value to them. In the Mediterranean area a severe drought period occurred over the years 2000-2002 and economic losses from that drought exceeded 250 million euros in Sardinia (Italy) (sou...

Genetics and genetic improvement of drought resistance in crop plants

Drought limits the agricultural production by preventing the crop plants from expressing their full genetic potential. Three mechanisms, namely drought escape, drought avoidance and drought tolerance are involved in drought resistance. Various morphological, physiological and biochemical characters confer drought resistance. Morphological and physiological characters show different types of inh...

Apparent photosynthesis of soybean plants as affected by changes in leaf water potential under field conditions

Improved Drought Stress Response in Alfalfa Plants Nodulated by an IAA Over-producing Rhizobium Strain

The drought-stress response in plant involves the cross-talk between abscisic acid (ABA) and other phytohormones, such as jasmonates and ethylene. The auxin indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) plays an integral part in plant adaptation to drought stress. Investigation was made to see how the main auxin IAA interacted with other plant hormones under water stress, applied through two different growth cond...