Publisher Summary This chapter evaluates traits for improving crop yield in water-limited
environments. The chapter describes the components of yield and the determinants of …

Osmotic adjustment (OA), the accumulation of solutes in higher plant cells in response to
water deficits, was first reported more than four decades ago. Since then, variation in OA …

Hyperspectral data (Table 1) is acquired as continuous narrowbands (eg, each band with 1
to 10 nanometer or nm bandwidths) over a range of electromagnetic spectrum (eg, 400 …

This publication opens with the inevitable introduction, moves on to the present traditional
approach to breeding for yield stability, and then enumerates a detailed discussion of the …

With a view to understanding the basis of cultivar differences in yield under drought, a wide
range of cereal cultivars representing durum wheats (Triticum turgidum L.), triticales (X …

Water Relations of Plants and Soils, successor to the seminal 1983 book by Paul Kramer,
covers the entire field of water relations using current concepts and consistent terminology …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the dilution effect in plant nutrition studies.“
Environmental conditions” include changes in the soil environment because of the addition …

Drought limits the agricultural production by preventing the crop plants from expressing their
full genetic potential. Three mechanisms, namely drought escape, drought avoidance and …

Potassium (K) plays a major role in the basic functions of plant growth and development. In
addition, K is also involved in numerous physiological functions related to plant health and …

278 FISCHER & TURNER tivity (net dry matter gain above and below ground) ranges from
25 to 400and 250 to 1000 gm 2 in the arid and semiarid zones, respectively (20, 46, 92, 1 …