Water use efficiency (WUE) is defined as the amount of carbon assimilated as biomass or
grain produced per unit of water used by the crop. One of the primary questions being asked …

Global warming and associated precipitation changes will negatively impact on many
agricultural ecosystems. Major food production areas are expected to experience reduced …

Seasonal drought is a major threat to rice production. However, the sensitivity of rice to
drought stress (DS) at different growth periods remains unclear. The objective of this study …

The ratio of plant carbon gain to water use, known as water use efficiency (WUE), has long
been recognized as a key constraint on crop production and an important target for crop …

In the past, there have been drought events in different parts of the world, which have
negatively influenced the productivity and production of various crops including wheat …

Evaporation (E) and transpiration (T) respond differently to ongoing changes in climate,
atmospheric composition, and land use. It is difficult to partition ecosystem-scale …

Water is now considered the most important but vulnerable resource in the Mediterranean
region. Nevertheless, irrigation expanded fast in the region (eg South Portugal and Spain) to …

Artificial intelligence (AI) has smoothly penetrated in a number of monitoring and control
applications including agriculture. However, research efforts toward low-power sensing …

Stomatal regulation of leaf gas exchange with the atmosphere is a key process in plant
adaptation to the environment, particularly in semi-arid regions with high atmospheric …

Currently, the wine industry has gained great relevance worldwide. At the same time, the
sustainability of the business activity has positioned itself as one of the main challenges to …