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Managing Drought Stress In California Agricultural Systems, Gregory D. Brittain Jr.
Managing Drought Stress In California Agricultural Systems, Gregory D. Brittain Jr.
Doctor of Plant Health Program: Dissertations and Student Research
California is currently facing a historic drought, and this has led many farmers in the state to severely cut back on irrigation. Optimal use of water for irrigation requires a comprehensive understanding of how plants respond physiologically to water stress (Chapter 1). By monitoring water requirements in crops and managing irrigation to meet those requirements, growers can significantly reduce water use (Chapter 2). This can be done through improving application efficiency of irrigation technology as well as increasing the water use efficiency of the crops themselves. Deficit irrigation practices can be used to manipulate the physiology of water use in …
Natural History Of Javeta Pallida Baly, 1858 On Phoenix Palms In India (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Coelaenomenoderini), Koormath Mohammed Shameem, Kaniyarikkal Divakaran Prathapan, Mannankadiyan Nasser, Caroline Simmrita Chaboo
Natural History Of Javeta Pallida Baly, 1858 On Phoenix Palms In India (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Coelaenomenoderini), Koormath Mohammed Shameem, Kaniyarikkal Divakaran Prathapan, Mannankadiyan Nasser, Caroline Simmrita Chaboo
Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications
Members of the Old World hispine tribe, Coelaenomenoderini, are documented on host plants of Arecaceae, Cyperaceae, and Zingiberales. A few species are renowned pests of oil palm, especially in Africa. The host plants and natural history of Javeta pallida Baly, 1858, the only Indian species of the tribe, is reported for the first time. These beetles can densely infest indigenous wild date palms, Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb. (Arecaceae), and also use the introduced date palm, Phoenix dactylifera L., which is an expanding crop in India. Javeta females lay single eggs and cover each with an ootheca. All larval stages mine …