Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences

Preface; J. Dargie. 1. Water, No Longer a Plentiful Resource, Should be Used Sparingly in Irrigated Agriculture; C. Kirda, R. Kanber. 2. Yield Response of Cotton, Maize, Soybean, Sugar Beet, Sunflower and Wheat to Deficit Irrigation; C. Kirda, et al. 3. The Response of Winter Wheat to Water Stress and Nitrogen Fertilizer Use Efficiency; W. Fujun, et al. 4. Improving Irrigation Management Practices with Water-Deficit Irrigation; M. Bazza. 5. Field Estimation of Water and Nitrate Balance for an Irrigated Crop; G. Vachaud, et al. 6. Water and Nitrogen Use Efficiency under Limited Water Supply for Maize to Increase Land Productivity; I. Craciun, M. Craciun. 7. Water Balance and Nitrate Leaching in an Irrigated Maize Crop in SW Spain; F. Moreno, et al. 8. Nuclear Techniques to Evaluate Water Use of Field Crops Irrigated in Different Growth Stages; P.L. Libardi, et al. 9. Effects of Water Stress Imposed at Different Plant Growth Stages of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) on Yield and N2 Fixation; M. Calvache, K. Reichardt. 10. Yield Response of Groundnut Grown under Rainfed and Irrigated Conditions; A. Ahmad. 11. Sugarcane Yield Response to Deficit Irrigation at Two Growth Stages; C.B.G. Pene, G.K. Edi. 12. Contribution to Improve Sugar Beet Deficit-Irrigation; M. Bazza, M. Tayaa. 13. Water Stress Effect on Different Growing Stages for Cotton and Its Influence on Yield Reduction; D. Prieto, C. Angueira. 14. Some Studies on Pre-Planned Controlled Soil Moisture Irrigation Scheduling of Field Crops; R.A. Waheed, et al. 15. Optimum Irrigation Schedules for Cotton under Deficit Irrigation Conditions; M.S. Anac, et al. 16. Field Response of Potato Subjected to Water Stress at Different Growth Stages; M. Mohsin Iqbal, et al. 17. Crop Yield Response to Deficit Irrigation Imposed at Different Plant Growth Stages; T. Kovacs, et al. 18. Soil Spatial Variability Considerations in Salt Emission and Drainage Reduction; J.W. Hopmans, et al. 19. Summary; the Editors. 20. List of Contributors.