Author(s): CASTRO, A. P. de

Upland rice (Oryza sativa) is affected by several biotic and abiotic factors that limit the yield potential of cultivars. In relation to water deficiency, the development of drought tolerant and water... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2021

Author(s): SIMOES, W. L.; SILVA, M. S. L. da; MATTHIENSEN, A.; COELHO, E. F.; BARBOSA, R. S.; ARAUJO, G. G. L. de; CAMPECHE, D. F. B.; SANTOS, R. D. dos; MELO, R. F. de

This chapter discusses aspects related to the water-use efficiency in irrigated agriculture and animal production, as well as possibilities to use rainwater as a way to reduce the effects of regional... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2020

Author(s): BOULAY, A. M.; DRASTIG, K.; AMANULLAH; CHAPAGAIN, A.; CHARLON, V.; CIVIT, B.; CAMILLIS, C. DE; SOUZA, M. DE; HESS, T.; HOEKSTRA, A. Y.; IBIDHI, R.; LATHUILLIERE, M. J.; MANZARDO, A.; MCALLISTER, T.; MORALES, R. A.; MOTOSHITA, M.; PALHARES, J. C. P.; PIRLO, G.; RIDOUTT, B.; RUSSO, V.; SALMORAL, G.; SINGH, R.; VANHAM, D.; WIEDEMANN, S.; ZHENG, W.; PFISTER, S.

The FAO Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership organised a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to develop reference guidelines on water footprinting for livestock production... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2021

Author(s): RIGHI, C. A.; LUNZ, A. M. P.; BERNARDES, M. S.; PEREIRA, C. R.; TERAMOTO, E. R.; FAVARIN, J. L.

Water uptake and use by plants are essentially energy processes that can be largely modified by percentage of soil cover, plant type; foliage area and its distribution; phenological stage and several... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2008

Author(s): MOURA, M. S. B. de

This study investigated the water and radiation use efficiencies by Erythrina velutina and Enterolobium contortisiliquum under four water regimes. The experiment was carried out in the municipality of... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2021

Author(s): ANDRADE JUNIOR, A. S. de; BLANCO, F. F.; CARDOSO, M. J.

Cowpea cultivars, which are indicated for irrigated cropping, are recommended without proper assessment of their productive potential and water use efficiency in response to water regimes in the soil... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2017

Author(s): MARTÍNI, A. F.; FAVARETTO, N.; DE BONA, F. D.; DURÃES, M. F.; SOUZA, L. C. de P.; GOULARTE, G. D.

Worldwide, agriculture is considered one of the main activities that influence water quality. The objective of this work was to evaluate the influence of soil use and management on water quality at th... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2020

Author(s): TEIXEIRA, A. H. de C.; LEIVAS, J. F.

The main goal of this research was to determine the spatial-temporal agro-ecological indicators of water productivity in watersheds with diferent types of land use and occupation, using Landsat 8 imag... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2016

Author(s): TEIXEIRA, A. H. de C.

Water productivity (WP) of various classes of soil usage from watersheds was estimated using the SAFER - Simple Algorithm For Evapotranspiration Retrieving - algorithm and the Monteith equation to est... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2014

Author(s): TEIXEIRA, W.

The soil surface and porosity govern the capacity of soil to hold water. In soil science, many functions were developed to estimate parameters of equations to describe soil water retention and soil hy... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2014