Focus on agricultural biotechnology: Prospective for bio-watersaving theories and their applications in the semi-arid and arid areas

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2779-2789

  Zhang, Zhengbin ^a   Shao, Hongbo ^b,c,d   Xu, Ping ^a   Hu, Mengyun ^a   Song, Weiyi ^e   Hu, Xiaojun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c BINZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e SHANGQIU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Application; Bio water saving; Crop production; Drought; Outlook; Sustainable agriculture; Water use efficiency (wue)

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; LANDSCAPING; NONHUMAN; PLANT WATER USE; REVIEW; SEWAGE; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 67650470008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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