Water Stress in Mediterranean and Subtropical Fruit Trees
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural and Floricultural Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (16 September 2021) | Viewed by 2364
Special Issue Editor
Interests: Mediterranean and subtropical fruit crops; pollination; pollen–pistil interaction; fruit set and thinning; fruit crop physiology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Mediterranean region suffers endemic droughts that can be dated back to Ancient Egyptian times. Since then, early cultures developed clever irrigation strategies to cope with prolonged dry periods that threatened crop yields. Despite early successes in dealing with drought in the Mediterranean region and the current flourishing fruticulture, global warming and climate change represent a new threat for fruit crop producers. In addition to this, there is strong and increasing competition for water resources coming from different economic sectors (industry, tourism, cities, etc.).
In this context of increasing uncertainty regarding water availability and cost, farmers, technicians and researchers are developing and refining different irrigation strategies to minimize the negative effects of water stress on fruit crops. In this Special Issue, we unite the most recent advancements in the management of irrigation and stress in response to water shortages on the most representative Mediterranean and subtropical fruit crops.
Thus, in this Special Issue, a select group of researchers contribute to displaying the latest state of the art and experimental work carried out on soil and plant water sensors, irrigation scheduling, continuous ad regulated deficit irrigation strategies, partial root drying responses, rainfall catchment techniques, selection of drought tolerant cultivar and other related topics.
Prof. Dr. Julián Cuevas González
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- drought
- water stress
- plant water status
- soil water content
- irrigation management
- deficit irrigation
- partial root drying
- water stress sensors
- Mediterranean and subtropical fruit crops
