A two-year field experiment was conducted with drip irrigation and plastic mulch to investigate an appropriate irrigation management strategy for chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). Five treatments, with the soil matric potential (SMP) threshold range of −10 to −50kPa at intervals of 10kPa,...

One of the plant species that its seed can produce oil for biodiesel material is Jatropha curcas Linn. The using of J. curcas plant for supporting the conversion of fossil fuel to biofuel and the utilization for dry land in Indonesia is very prospective. However, it is necessary to create J....

The information on genotypic variation for inulin content, inulin yield and water use efficiency of inulin yield (WUEi) in response to drought is limited. This study was to investigate the genetic variability in inulin content, inulin yield and WUEi of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus...

The study was conducted at the Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad, Pakistan to evaluate the drought stress tolerance efficiency of wheat cultivars. Eight wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes namely (Pasban-90, Inqalab-91, Auqab-2000, AS-2002, Sahar-2006,...

Prolonged drought stress in Palestine is one of the major limiting factors in the production and yield of the fruit of the olive tree, as this directly affects crop load, oil production per tree, oil quality and alternate bearing. The objective of the present study was to investigate the use of...

Water availability is a key biophysical factor determining agricultural production potential. The FAO crop water response model AquaCrop was developed to estimate crop production under water limiting conditions. This model uses the normalized water productivity, WP* (gm−2d−1), to estimate...

Jatropha curcas L. has recently drawn the attention of the international research community due to its potential as a biodiesel crop. In addition, it is very well adapted to arid and semiarid climate conditions. In this research, the effects of drought on growth, leaf water relation and organic...

An experiment was conducted for two consecutive seasons to investigate the effect of water stress on seed yield and seed quality of onion (Allium cepa L.). Water stress was imposed on the plants at four stages of reproductive growth, namely, bolting, flowering, seed formation and seed maturation...