Water Saving Techniques for Plant Growth

Preface. Desert Encroachment as Part of the Global Change; R.Paepe. Natural Aridification and Man-Made Desertification; N. Petit-Maire. Part I: Soil Water Management. 1. Principles of Soil Water Management; W.R. Gardner. 2. Water Conservation in Arid Zones; H. Bouwer. 3. Irrigation under Limited Water Availability: Water Saving Techniques; L.S. Pereira, J.L. Teixeira. Part II: Model Approaches to Evaluate the Soil-Water-Atmosphere Interactions. 4. Forecasting Soil-Water-Atmosphere Interactions in Arid Regions; R.A. Feddes, W.G.M. Bastiaanssen. 5. Microclimate, eau et production; A. Perrier. Part III: Water Saving Techniques Through Soil Conditioning. 6. Managing Water in Stressed Environments; H.J.W. Verplancke. 7. Water Saving for Rainfed Crop Production in the Tropics Through Surface Soil Conditioning; I. Pla Sentis. 8. Synthetic Polymers as Soil Conditioners: Thirty-Five Years of Experimentations; M.F. De Boodt. Part IV: Case Studies of Water Management Systems. 9. Soil Management for Efficient Water Use under Main Cropping Systems in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas of Turkey; N. Munsuz, N. Durutan, M. Güler, M. Karaca. 10. Water Saving Techniques for Crop Production in Rainfed Areas of Turkey; M.S. Yesilsoy. 11. The `Buried Stones Pocket': A New Irrigatin Technique for Tree Plantations in Arid Regions; B. Chahbani. 12. Techniques to Promote Plant Growth Applied to Urban Sites; J.W. Bakker. 13. Integrated Use of Marginal Water Resources in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones; A. Issar, E. Adar. Author Index. Subject Index.