Horticulture, Climate Change and Sustainability in Semi-Arid Environments
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Biotic and Abiotic Stress".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2019) | Viewed by 13193
Special Issue Editors
Interests: water stress; crop physiology; deficit-irrigation strategies; crop-water monitoring; soil conservation; conservation agriculture
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: water stress; crop physiology; deficit-irrigation strategies; crop-water monitoring; soil conservation; conservation agriculture
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, entitled “Horticulture, Climate Change and Sustainability in Semi-Arid Environments” comprises several novel studies related to the sustainable use of water and soil with woody and annual crops. The significance of soil and water conservation to limit their degradation has been advocated for many decades. The current situation of global climate change has necessitated such natural resource conservation. Therefore, diversification of existing farming systems by developing suitable agro-friendly measures could satisfy the needs of modern agriculture while responding to the growing demand for maintaining or renewing the environment. Reviews related to the most advisable strategies to reach an optimum equilibrium between agro-ecosystems, the environment, and agriculture profitability are covered in this Special Issue.
Each of the papers presented in this Special Issue embodies, in one way or another, the most significant advances that have been made in natural resource management for sustainability in agriculture.
Dr. Ivan Francisco Garcia Tejero
Dr. Victor Hugo Durán-Zuazo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- deficit-irrigation
- water stress
- crop water monitoring
- direct drill
- conservation agriculture
- soil erosion
- climate change
- water-use efficiency
- landscape design
- soil management
- organic farming
- sustainable agriculture
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