Water-use efficiency (WUE) is often considered an important determinant of yield under
stress and even as a component of crop drought resistance. It has been used to imply that …

Cool‐season grasses infected with Neotyphodium spp. endophytes have an extraordinary
impact on the ecology and economy of pasture and turf. A range of adaptations of endophyte …

Publisher Summary The potential for increased irrigation is limited, so that future population
increases will need to be fed from higher food production per unit land area and without the …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the wheat physiology/breeding work relative to the
constraints of dryland cropping in Mediterranean environments and explores opportunities …

The use of stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen to study physiological
processes has increased exponentially in the past three decades. When Harmon Craig …

During photosynthetic CO 2 fixation fractionation of stable carbon isotopes occurs and,
consequently, plants are generally depleted in the heavier isotope 13 C. Carbon isotope …

Predictions of climate change indicate an increase in water scarcity in Mediterranean areas.
Therefore, improving water use efficiency (WUE) becomes crucial for sustainable viticulture …

Isotopic signatures of soil components are commonly used to infer past ecologic and climatic
shifts in the soil record. The theory behind the fractionation of isotopes that occurs during …

The relationship among water use efficiency (WUE), productivity and carbon isotopic
composition (δ13C) in white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) seedlings was …

In rainfed environments in southern Australia the yield of both grain and biomass is greater
in barley than it is for bread wheat, durum wheat, triticale and oats. Barley also has a faster …