Ballester Lurbe, Carlos(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2013-05-06)
In the Mediterranean area water is a scarce natural resource and periods of drought are frequent. It is then important to increase water use efficiency of irrigated crops. In order to achieve this, one promising option is ...
Pascual Seva, Nuria; San Bautista Primo, Alberto; López Galarza, Salvador Vicente; Maroto Borrego, José Vicente; Pascual España, Bernardo(Springer Verlag (Germany), 2015-01)
Cultivated nutsedge is a common crop in Valencia (Spain). The aim of this research, which was conducted over two consecutive years, was to compare the productive response of the nutsedge crop with drip irrigation and ...
Alaa Mohamed Abdelfatah, Mohamed(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-02-17)
[EN] With the global water scarcity problem, the amount of water used by agriculture sector must be decreased
without affecting crop performance. Under this context it is necessary to have adequate knowledge about ...
Pascual Seva, Nuria; San Bautista Primo, Alberto; López Galarza, Salvador Vicente; Maroto Borrego, José Vicente; Pascual España, Bernardo(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014-02-01)
Chufa, also known as tigernut, is a typical crop in Valencia, Spain, where it is cultivated in ridges with furrow irrigation. This paper examines the effects of the planting strategy (PS) and irrigation system (IS) on yield ...
Penella Casañ, Consuelo(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-12-14)
[EN] Pepper is a vegetable of extraordinary economic and social importance in our country. Unfortunately, the persistent exploitation of the land, the monoculture and the intensification of production processes, lead to ...
Penella, Consuelo; González Nebauer, Sergio; Quinones, Ana; San Bautista Primo, Alberto; López Galarza, Salvador Vicente; Calatayud, Angeles(Elsevier, 2015-01)
[EN] Grafting has been proposed as an interesting strategy that improves the responses of crops under salinity. In pepper, we reported increased fruit yield of the commercial 'Adige' cultivar under salinity when grafted ...
Moreno, R.; Chueca, P.; Garcera, C.; Intrigliolo Molina, Diego Sebastiano; Molto, E.; Torregrosa Mira, Antonio(International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), 2012)
Spain accounts for more than 55% of the European citrus production and is predominantly oriented towards fresh market. Harvesting accounts for more than 50% of production costs and methods of mass harvesting are under ...
[EN] Rice is considered one of the most important crops in the world. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), rice production has increased significantly (156%) during the last 50 ...