[HTML][HTML] Soil degradation in the European Mediterranean region: Processes, status and consequences

CSS Ferreira, S Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, G Destouni… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil, a non-renewable resource, sustains life on Earth by supporting around 95% of global
food production and providing ecosystem services such as biomass production, filtration of …

Irrigation Alternatives for Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) in the Mediterranean Subtropical Region in the Context of Climate Change: A Review

B Cárceles Rodríguez, VH Durán Zuazo… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to congenital features, avocado (Persea americana Mill.) trees are substantial water
users relative to other fruit trees. The current growing deficiency of water resources …

A Functional End-Use of Avocado (cv. Hass) Waste through Traditional Semolina Sourdough Bread Production

E Viola, C Buzzanca, I Tinebra, L Settanni, V Farina… - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, a main goal of research has been to exploit waste from agribusiness
industries as new sources of bioactive components, with a view to establishing a circular …

Ecological optima show the potential diffusion of minor tree crops in Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca-infected areas through a GIS-based approach

L Costanza, F Maldera, SP Garofalo, GA Vivaldi… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Site selection analysis is a fundamental methodology for the regeneration of Xylella
fastidiosa subsp. pauca (Xfp) infected areas, with the introduction of Xfp immune/resistant …

A review of HYDRUS 2D/3D applications for simulations of water dynamics, root uptake and solute transport in tree crops under drip irrigation

G Morianou, NN Kourgialas, GP Karatzas - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Orchards with tree crops are of critical importance to the global economy and to the
environment due to their ability to be productive for many years without the need for …

Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts on the Global Distribution of the Calliphorid Fly Chrysomya albiceps Using GIS

EM Hosni, AA Al-Khalaf, RM Naguib, AE Afify… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Climate change is expected to influence the geographic distribution of many taxa, including
insects. Chrysomya albiceps is one of the most pervasive calliphorid fly with apparent …

A web-based GIS platform supporting innovative irrigation management techniques at farm-scale for the Mediterranean island of Crete

NN Kourgialas, A Hliaoutakis, AV Argyriou… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is the creation of an integrated and free-access web platform for parcel
irrigation water management on a large spatial scale (Water District of Crete, in Greece) in …

[HTML][HTML] Sunburn disorder in tropical and subtropical fruits. A review

G Fischer, JO Orduz-Rodríguez… - Revista Colombiana de …, 2022 - scielo.org.co
The increase in solar radiation and temperature as a result of climate change and variability
has increased sunburn damage to fruits, which highly affects quality and yield in tropical and …

[HTML][HTML] Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria and Arbuscular Mycorrhizae Improve the Growth of Persea americana var. Zutano under Salt Stress Conditions

R Solórzano-Acosta, M Toro, D Zúñiga-Dávila - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
In Peru, almost 50% of the national agricultural products come from the coast, highlighting
the production of avocado. Much of this area has saline soils. Beneficial microorganisms can …

[HTML][HTML] Production-water user association performance nexus in mediterranean irrigated agriculture: The case of banana in Türkiye

F Arslan - Agricultural Water Management, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, the relationship between the increasing banana production in the
Mediterranean region of Türkiye and the performance of Water User Associations (WUAs) is …