Advances in irrigation agronomy : fruit crops /

A synthesis of international research on the water requirements of eleven major fruit crops, highlighting opportunities for improving water productivity.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carr, M. K. V.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Fruit-culture > Tropics.
Crops and water > Tropics.
Irrigation farming > Tropics.
Cultures et eau > Régions tropicales.
Culture irriguée > Régions tropicales.
GARDENING > Fruit.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
Crops and water.
Fruit-culture.
Irrigation farming.
Tropics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
  • pt. I Background
  • Reasons for writing this book
  • Definitions
  • Which fruit crops to review?
  • Centres of origin and production
  • Production systems
  • Intensification
  • Irrigation
  • pt. II Understanding Crop Productivity
  • Crop development stages
  • Plant
  • water relations
  • Crop water requirements
  • Water productivity
  • pt. III Irrigation Systems
  • Irrigation scheduling
  • Conclusion
  • 2. Avocado
  • Introduction
  • Crop development
  • Summary: crop development
  • Plant
  • water relations
  • Summary: plant
  • water relations
  • Crop water requirements
  • Summary: crop water requirements
  • Water productivity
  • Summary: water productivity
  • Irrigation systems
  • Summary: irrigation systems
  • Conclusions
  • Summary
  • 3. Cashew
  • Introduction
  • Crop development
  • Summary: crop development
  • Plant
  • water relations
  • Summary: plant
  • water relations
  • Crop water requirements
  • Water productivity.
  • Note continued: Summary: water productivity
  • Irrigation systems
  • Conclusions
  • Summary
  • 4. Citrus
  • Introduction
  • Species and centres of production
  • Crop development
  • Plant
  • water relations
  • Summary: plant
  • water relations
  • Crop water requirements
  • Summary: crop water requirements
  • Water productivity
  • Summary: water productivity
  • Irrigation systems
  • Summary: irrigation systems
  • General conclusions
  • Summary
  • 5. Date palm
  • Introduction
  • Crop development
  • Summary: crop development
  • Plant
  • water relations
  • Summary: plant
  • water relations
  • Crop water requirements
  • Summary: crop water requirements
  • Water productivity
  • Summary: water productivity
  • Salinity
  • Summary: Salinity
  • Irrigation systems
  • Summary: irrigation systems
  • Conclusions
  • Summary
  • 6. Lychee
  • Introduction
  • Crop development
  • Summary: crop development
  • Plant
  • water relations
  • Summary: plant
  • water relations
  • Crop water requirements.
  • Note continued: Summary: crop water requirements
  • Water productivity
  • Summary: water productivity
  • Irrigation systems
  • Summary: irrigation systems
  • Conclusions
  • Summary
  • 7. Macadamia
  • Introduction
  • Crop development
  • Summary: crop development
  • Plant
  • water relations
  • Summary: plant
  • water relations
  • Crop water requirements
  • Summary: crop water requirements
  • Water productivity
  • Summary: water productivity
  • Irrigation systems
  • Summary: irrigation systems
  • Conclusions
  • Summary
  • 8. Mango
  • Introduction
  • Crop development
  • Summary: crop development
  • Plant
  • water relations
  • Summary: plant
  • water relations
  • Crop water requirements
  • Summary: crop water requirements
  • Water productivity
  • Summary: water productivity
  • Water management
  • Summary: water management
  • Conclusions
  • Summary
  • 9. Olive
  • Introduction
  • Crop development
  • Summary: crop development
  • Plant
  • water relations
  • Summary: plant
  • water relations.
  • Note continued: Crop water requirements
  • Summary: crop water requirements
  • Water productivity
  • Summary: water productivity
  • Irrigation systems
  • Conclusions
  • Summary
  • 10. Papaya
  • Introduction
  • Crop development
  • Summary: crop development
  • Plant
  • water relations
  • Summary: plant
  • water relations
  • Crop water requirements
  • Summary: crop water requirements
  • Water productivity
  • Summary: water productivity
  • Irrigation systems
  • Summary: irrigation systems
  • Conclusions
  • Summary
  • 11. Passion fruit
  • Introduction
  • Crop development
  • Summary: plant development
  • Plant
  • water relations
  • Summary: plant
  • water relations
  • Crop water requirements
  • Summary: crop water requirements
  • Water productivity
  • Summary: water productivity
  • Irrigation systems
  • Summary: irrigation systems
  • Conclusions
  • Summary
  • 12. Pineapple
  • Introduction
  • Crop development
  • Summary: crop development
  • Plant
  • water relations.
  • Note continued: Summary: plant
  • water relations
  • Crop water requirements and water productivity
  • Summary: crop water requirements and water productivity
  • Irrigation systems
  • General conclusions
  • Summary
  • 13. Synthesis
  • Crop comparisons
  • Reporting research
  • Global challenges
  • Concluding comment.

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