Adaption of plants to water-limited mediterranean environments : Selected papers from the symposium on adaption of plants to water-limited mediterranean environments, 20-24 June 2004, Perth, Western Australia / Jairo A Palta

By:

Palta, Jairo A

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 56, Number 11, 2005Publication details: Collingwood : CS I R O, 2005Description: iii 190 pages : fig., tables; 30 cmISSN:

0004-9409

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

GEN 574.526 PAL

Summary: Arid and semi-arid zones comprise approximately 40 persent of the world land surface. Plant productivity in these zones is limited by water. There is no doubt that the major challenge for agriculture in the near future is to supply enough food for a growing world. The papers in this issue originate from presentations at the symposium and provides a snapshot of thinking of the ways in which environmentally sustainable and profitable farming systems may be developed in order to improve the productivity and sustainability in mediterranean climatic regions

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Namibia Scientific Society Library		Not for loan

References after each chapter

Arid and semi-arid zones comprise approximately 40 persent of the world land surface. Plant productivity in these zones is limited by water. There is no doubt that the major challenge for agriculture in the near future is to supply enough food for a growing world. The papers in this issue originate from presentations at the symposium and provides a snapshot of thinking of the ways in which environmentally sustainable and profitable farming systems may be developed in order to improve the productivity and sustainability in mediterranean climatic regions

Dr. Wolfram Hartung W012666

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.