A review of turfgrass fertilizer management practices: Implications for urban water quality

RO Carey, GJ Hochmuth, CJ Martinez, TH Boyer… - …, 2012 - journals.ashs.org
Urban watersheds include extensive turfgrass plantings that are associated with
anthropocentric attitudes toward landscapes. Native and construction-disturbed urban soils …

Deficit irrigation as a strategy to control growth in ornamental plants and enhance their ability to adapt to drought conditions

MJ Sánchez-Blanco, MF Ortuño, S Bañon… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The shortage of water in many parts of the world has led to the development of new irrigation
strategies such as regulated deficit irrigation and sustained deficit irrigation. Water deficit …

Long term responses and adaptive strategies of Pistacia lentiscus under moderate and severe deficit irrigation and salinity: Osmotic and elastic adjustment, growth …

S Álvarez, P Rodríguez, F Broetto… - Agricultural Water …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pistacia lentiscus is a wild species that grows widely in the Mediterranean area. However,
despite it appearing to be particularly resistant to some stressful conditions, drought and …

Comparison of individual and combined effects of salinity and deficit irrigation on physiological, nutritional and ornamental aspects of tolerance in Callistemon laevis …

S Álvarez, MJ Sánchez-Blanco - Journal of Plant Physiology, 2015 - Elsevier
The effect of water deficit, salinity and both applied simultaneously on several physiological
and morphological parameters in the ornamental plant Callistemon laevis was studied to …

Morphology and irrigation efficiency of Gaura lindheimeri grown with capacitance sensor-controlled irrigation

SE Burnett, MW van Iersel - HortScience, 2008 - journals.ashs.org
Gaura lindheimeri Engelm. & Gray 'Siskiyou Pink'(gaura) and Phlox paniculata
L.'David'(garden phlox) were grown for 5 weeks in substrates irrigated at volumetric water …

Changes in leaf water relations, gas exchange, growth and flowering quality in potted geranium plants irrigated with different water regimes

MJ Sánchez-Blanco, S Álvarez, A Navarro… - Journal of plant …, 2009 - Elsevier
Geranium plants are an important part of urban green areas but suffer from drought,
especially when grown in containers with a limited volume of medium. In this experiment, we …

Changes in growth rate, root morphology and water use efficiency of potted Callistemon citrinus plants in response to different levels of water deficit

S Álvarez, MJ Sánchez-Blanco - Scientia horticulturae, 2013 - Elsevier
Callistemon is widely used as a flowering shrub in gardening and landscaping in the
Mediterranean area. However, prolonged or severe water stress may alter its physiological …

Effects of various irrigation regimes on water use efficiency and visual quality of some ornamental herbaceous plants in the field

ZN Rafi, F Kazemi, A Tehranifar - Agricultural Water Management, 2019 - Elsevier
Efficient use of water by selection of appropriate plant species is becoming increasingly
important in semi-arid and arid regions to save scarce water resources. In this study, the …

The influence of water stress on growth, ecophysiology and ornamental quality of potted Primula vulgaris 'Heidy' plants. New insights to increase water use efficiency …

M Caser, C Lovisolo, V Scariot - Plant Growth Regulation, 2017 - Springer
Efficient irrigation practices are required to reduce the amount of water used. In this study,
the effects of different irrigation regimes on changes in growth, ecophysiology and …

[HTML][HTML] Arbuscular mycorrhiza, but not hydrogel, alleviates drought stress of ornamental plants in peat-based substrate

J Rydlová, D Püschel - Applied Soil Ecology, 2020 - Elsevier
In a greenhouse study, we examined the application potential of symbiotic arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and water absorbing gel (hydrogel) in planting pot-grown …