Our study attempted to elucidate the significance of floral and pollen traits of the highly nutritious tropical trees Moringa oleifera and Moringa peregrina for their reproductive success under arid conditions. We found that the pollen grains of both...
Red-fleshed dragon fruit offers an array of bioactive compounds. Its cultivation is gaining momentum in India, including in arid and semi-arid conditions. Among various factors, the fruit developmental stages and climatic conditions of locations grea...
Most short rotation coppice (SRC) plantations are grown in temperate, subtropical, and tropical areas where land availability is limited. Very little is known about the potential biomass yield of Eucalyptus camaldulensis grown as SRC under semi-arid...
Environmentally sound insect pest management strategies require continuous isolation and identification of effective biocontrol agents from different ecosystems. The quest for fungal isolates that are adapted to high temperatures is particularly sign...
In semi-arid Mediterranean areas, there is a growing interest in adopting conservation tillage practices for their advantages in improving soils fertility, reducing production costs, and stabilizing crop yields. The aim of this study conducted in the...
The CSM-CROPGRO-Lentil model (DSSAT v4.8.5) was calibrated and validated for 43 ICARDA lentil genotypes across three growing seasons (2019–2022) under semi-arid rainfed conditions in southeastern Türkiye. Calibration against the 2019&ndash...
Efficient nutrient management is essential for enhancing flax productivity under semi-arid conditions. A two-year field experiment (2024–2025) was conducted in southeast Kazakhstan to evaluate the effects of integrated foliar fertilization with...
Excessive nitrogen (N) fertilization poses environmental risks and can induce micronutrient imbalances that limit crop productivity. This two-season field study (2024/2025–2025/2026) investigated the interactive effects of four nitrogen (N) rat...
Nowadays, the production of new mango cultivars is increased in many countries worldwide. The soil application of hydrogel represents a novel approach in the fruit trees industry. This investigation aims to study the effect of adding hydrogel (as soi...
Bridges play an essential role in supporting economic development. Many highway bridges have been built in Saudi Arabia, with studies showing early signs of deterioration, including cracking and localized failures. This study presents a comprehensive...
Urban green infrastructure plays a crucial role in enhancing environmental resilience in cities, particularly in arid regions characterized by water scarcity, soil salinity, and high climatic stress. However, arid coastal cities remain insufficiently...
Rangeland monitoring services require the capability to investigate vegetation condition and to assess biomass production, especially in areas where local livelihood depends on rangeland status. Remote sensing solutions are strongly recommended, wher...
Exploring the response of spatial and temporal characteristics of ecological quality change to aridity on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) can provide valuable information for regional ecological protection, water resource management, and climat...
There is no doubt that global climate change is happening and affecting life on Earth in a variety of ways. It can be seen on the extreme events of natural disasters, prolonged periods of drought, and increased summer and annual temperatures. While c...
This study investigates the influences of air temperature (T), relative humidity (RH), wind speed (WS), clearance index (KT), particulate matter (PM) concentrations (PM10 and PM2.5), and aerosol optical depth (AOD) on ultraviolet (UV) radiation durin...
Drought persistence and delayed recovery remain major challenges for drought monitoring in semi-arid environments, where precipitation variability interacts with slowly evolving land-surface conditions. Although precipitation-based indicators effecti...
Drought is a major problem in the world and has become more severe in recent decades, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. In this study, a Google Earth Engine (GEE) app has been implemented to monitor spatiotemporal drought conditions over diff...
The agricultural and forestry productivity of Mediterranean ecosystems is strongly threatened by the adverse effects of climate change, including an increase in severe droughts and changes in rainfall distribution. In the present study, we performed...
Actual evapotranspiration (ETa) plays an important role in irrigation planning and supervision. Traditionally, the estimation of ETa was approximated using different in situ techniques, having high initial and maintenance costs with low spatial resol...
The formation and disappearance of paleolakes are sensitive indicators of environmental evolution in arid and semi-arid regions. Their disappearance records comprehensive information on regional hydrological conditions, climatic changes, and tectonic...
Improving energy efficiency and reducing the carbon footprint of crop production are critical for sustainable agriculture, particularly in semi-arid regions where resource use efficiency is essential. This study evaluated the effects of different fer...
Ensuring food security with severe shortages of freshwater and drastic changes in climatic conditions in arid countries requires the urgent development of feasible and user-friendly strategies. Relatively little is known regarding the impacts of the...
Water scarcity is a major constraint to wheat production in arid regions, highlighting the need for sustainable approaches to improve crop productivity and irrigation water-use efficiency (IWUE). Although Bacillus-based bioinoculants have been widely...
Rainfall variability strongly governs vegetation dynamics in the Semi-Arid Tropics (SAT) of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Yet the impacts of heavy rainfall are less well quantified than those of drought. This study proposes a modified heavy rainfall inde...
(1) Background: Arid conditions occur due to climate abnormality in the different biogeography regions of the world. The aim of this research is to investigate the stoichiometry of manure and moisture regimes on soil properties, microbial biomass C:N...
To avoid the depletion and degradation of natural resources and to maintain long-term environmental quality and sustainability, the present study investigated the impacts of Moringa oleifera foliage (MF) as a replacement for concentrate feed on growt...
Green roofs (GRs) offer several environmental, social, and economic benefits while numerous barriers are limiting their adoption. This study covers two gaps in the literature: first, the lack of indicating separate hindrances to different types of GR...
Over the past few decades, grid-connected photovoltaic systems (GCPVSs) have been consistently installed due to their techno-socio-economic-environmental advantages. As an effective solution, this technology can shave air conditioning-based peak load...
Film-mulched drip irrigation (FMDI) is used increasingly for cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) production in arid regions. However, salts often accumulate in the soil, eventually leading to soil salinization and crop failure when using FMDI with brackis...
(1) Background: Precision agriculture has been used mostly to study spatial variability in vineyards for winemaking. Nevertheless, there is little available information on the impacts of its use on table grape vineyards under different slope conditio...
Saturated soil irrigation (SSI) has been reported as a great technique that increases water productivity in fully irrigated rice cultivation. However, this technique should be employed in a dry prone area where rainfalls fail to fulfill rice water re...
Understanding the effects of droughts on vegetation and ecosystem services (ES) is important for climate change adaptation. However, drought occurrence varies across space and time. We examined drought dynamics and impacts on vegetation and ES in the...
The assessment of aridity conditions is a key factor for water management and the implementation of mitigation and adaptation policies in agroforestry systems. Towards this aim, three aridity indices were computed for the Iberian Peninsula (IP): the...
The importance of inorganic fertilizers in squash crop productivity is enormous. However, the continuous use of inorganic fertilizers constitutes a serious problem to the environment and human health due to nitrate accumulation. Thus, two seasons (20...
Aridity conditions in semi-arid lands with warm climates are key variables that must be assessed to properly manage water and plan to minimise the threat of desertification. This study analyses the spatial distribution of aridity in Extremadura, sout...
Identifying superior wheat genotypes under rainfed semi-arid conditions and understanding the traits that drive yield remain challenging, and multi-trait selection indices and explainable machine learning are seldom used together. This study combined...
Transformation or modification of vegetation distribution and structure in arid riparian ecosystems can lead to the loss of ecological function. Mexico has 101,500,000 ha of arid lands, however there is a general lack of information regarding how ari...
Cultivating crops in the hot, arid conditions of the Arabian Peninsula often requires irrigation with brackish water, which exposes plants to salinity and heat stress. Timely, cost-effective monitoring of plant health can significantly enhance crop m...
Accurate estimations of reference evapotranspiration (ETo) are critical for hydrologic studies, efficient crop irrigation, water resources management and sustainable development. The evaluation of an empirical method was carried out to estimate hourl...
The false Rhodes grasses [Leptochloa crinita (Lag.) P.M. Peterson and N.W. Snow and Leptochloa pluriflora (E. Fourn.) P.M. Peterson and N.W. Snow] are considered valuable native forage resources for arid and semiarid rangelands in Argentina and the U...
Solanum elaeagnifolium, one of the world’s most widespread invasive weeds, thrives in the regions of Tunisia with a semi-arid climate. An enhanced understanding of its biological traits could be useful for its management. For this purpose, S. e...
The closed greenhouse is an innovative crop system in the horticulture sector, integrating appropriate climate control equipment and optimized techniques to collect, store, and reuse solar energy for heating and/or cooling the greenhouse. This concep...
Triticale (× Triticosecale Wittmack) is a valuable dual-purpose crop due to its adaptability to marginal environments and its potential for both high-quality grain and forage production. However, a comprehensive evaluation of its forage quality...
Background and Objectives—Coexisting tree and shrub species will have to withstand more arid conditions as temperatures keep rising in the Mediterranean Basin. However, we still lack reliable assessments on how climate and drought affect the radial g...
Municipalities and transportation departments worldwide are striving to keep road pavement conditions acceptable, thus enhancing pavement sustainability. Although the pavement condition index (PCI) is widely used to assess distress conditions, tradit...
Agriculture in semi-arid regions faces increasing challenges from temperature extremes and moisture stress, necessitating climate-smart and resource-efficient production systems. This study examined maize–mushroom intercropping as a climate-sma...
The aim of this study was to research the cost effectiveness of creating forest reclamation complexes on slopes, as well as to determine the patterns of their orographic dynamics, taking into account environmental aspects in arid conditions. With the...
The 4D disasters (desertification, drought, dust, and dzud, a Mongolian term for severe winter weather) have recently been increasing in Mongolia, and their impacts on the livelihoods of humans has likewise increased. The combination of drought and d...
Hyper-arid regions are characterized by extreme conditions for growing and lack of water (<100 mm annual rainfall average), where desertification renders human activities almost impossible. In addition to the use of irrigation, different viticultu...
Quinoa is a highly nutritious and gluten-free crop. It is a good alternative crop to cereals in the context of climate change. In the process of introducing quinoa to an arid region of Morocco (Rehamna), late sowing results in stunted plants and low...
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