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Manuel Pulido, Jesús Barrena-González, Alberto Alfonso-Torreño, Rafael Robina-Ramírez and Saskia Keesstra
Water is a key strategic resource, particularly in Mediterranean climate-type areas with impermeable rocks and shallow soils like Southwestern Spain. The region of Extremadura is commonly known by its large surface occupied by big dams (30% of water damm...
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Sergio Vélez, Enrique Barajas, José Antonio Rubio, Dimas Pereira-Obaya and José Ramón Rodríguez-Pérez
This study explores spectroscopy in the 350 to 2500 nm range for detecting powdery mildew (Erysiphe necator) in grapevine leaves, crucial for precision agriculture and sustainable vineyard management. In a controlled experimental vineyard setting, the sp...
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Aikaterini Molla, Alexandra D. Solomou, Miltiadis Tziouvalekas, Alexios Lolas and Elpiniki Skoufogianni
Nowadays, there is an increasing negative environmental effect of using chemical fertilizer. For this reason, the use of biofertilizers is promoted in the agriculture sector. The purpose of this investigation was to carry out an evaluation of the effects...
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Vassilis Litskas, Paraskevi Vourlioti, Theano Mamouka, Stylianos Kotsopoulos and Charalampos Paraskevas
Potato cultivation is a significant agricultural activity worldwide. As a staple food in many countries, potatoes provide essential nutrients and are a significant source of income for farmers. This paper investigates current and future net irrigation re...
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Imene Kerbouai, Dorra Sfayhi, Khaled Sassi, Hatem Cheikh M?hamed, Houda Jenfaoui, Jouhaina Riahi, Slim Arfaoui, Moncef Chouaibi and Hanen Ben Ismail
There is a growing interest in the Mediterranean regions to switch to conservation agriculture (CA) to address climate change and soil deterioration issues. The novelty of this study lies in the quality of the supply chain, from the raw material (durum w...
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Brian Omondi Oduor, Miguel Ángel Campo-Bescós, Noemí Lana-Renault, Alberto Alfaro Echarri and Javier Casalí
The conversion of cultivated areas from rainfed to irrigated agriculture alters the watershed?s hydrology and could affect the water quality and quantity. This study examined how streamflow, nitrate load, and nitrate concentration changed after irrigatio...
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Andrea Crespo-Barreiro, Natalia Gómez, Judith González-Arias, Noemí Ortiz-Liébana, Fernando González-Andrés and Jorge Cara-Jiménez
Due to the large acreage of olive trees in the Mediterranean basin, the biochar from olive tree pruning may become an important resource as part of circular economy strategies. However, so far, there is not much knowledge on whether the same characterist...
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Mohamed Elsayed Gabr, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Ali Salem and Ahmed Awad
Point and nonpoint wastewater sources have a detrimental, negative effect on agriculture, soil, surface, and groundwater supplies. In this research, a wastewater treatment system made up of a sedimentation tank, a horizontal subsurface flow constructed w...
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Eya Ben Saad, Mohsen Ben Alaya, Jean-Denis Taupin, Nicolas Patris, Najet Chaabane and Radhia Souissi
The Mediterranean coastal aquifer system of the Grombalia basin (NE Tunisia) offers immense potential as a source of fresh water for agriculture, industry, and drinking water supply. Nonetheless, due to its intricate hydrogeological characteristics and t...
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Ismael Vera-Puerto, Hugo Valdés, Marcos Bueno, Christian Correa, Jorge Olave, Marcos Carrasco-Benavides, Flavia Schiappacasse and Carlos A. Arias
Reclamation of treated wastewater is considered a viable option for reducing the agricultural and national water deficit, especially in Mediterranean-type and arid climatic conditions. Given that Chile is a country around 40% of whose territory is classi...
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