Estimation of water requirement per unit carbon fixed byEucalyptus camaldulensis in semi-arid land of Western Australia

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (S1) ◽  
pp. 142-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kojima ◽  
Y. Tanaka ◽  
S. Katoh ◽  
K. Tahara ◽  
N. Takahashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Water Requirement ◽  
Arid Land ◽  
Semi Arid

scholarly journals Behavior of Nutrions in Sap of Eucalyptus camaldulensis in Arid Land of Western Australia

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 340-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshinori KOJIMA ◽  
Noriko SAITO ◽  
Yoshiko TANAKA ◽  
Hiroyuki HAMANO ◽  
Shigeru KATO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Eucalyptus Camaldulensis ◽  
Arid Land

scholarly journals Mosaic versus dual source approaches for modelling the surface energy balance of a semi-arid land

1999 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Boulet ◽  
A. Chehbouni ◽  
I. Braud ◽  
M. Vauclin
Keyword(s):  
Surface Energy ◽  
Bare Soil ◽  
Surface Fluxes ◽  
Surface Energy Budget ◽  
Arid Land ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Sparse Vegetation ◽  
Land Surfaces ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Semi Arid

Abstract. Two-layer parameterisation of the surface energy budget proves to be realistic for sparse but homogeneously distributed vegetation. For semi-arid land surfaces however, sparse vegetation is usually interspersed by large patches of unshaded bare soil which may interact directly with the atmosphere with little interference with the vegetation. Therefore such surfaces might not be realistically represented by a two-layer parameterisation. The objective of this study is to investigate the issue of representing water and energy transfer processes in arid and semi-arid regions. Two different surface schemes, namely the classic two layer (one-compartment) approach and a two adjacent compartment ("mosaic") approach are used. The performance of both schemes is documented using data sets collected over two sparsely vegetated surfaces in the San Pedro river basin: homogeneously distributed grassland and heterogeneously distributed shrubs. In the latter case the mosaic scheme seems to be more realistic given the quality of the temperature estimates. But no clear statement can be made on the efficiency of both schemes for the total fluxes. Over each site, we investigate the possibility of artificially modifying some of the surface parameters in order to get the surface fluxes simulated by the one-compartment scheme to reproduce the two-compartment ones. The "cost" associated with this process in terms of surface temperature estimates is eventually discussed.

scholarly journals Drought tolerance of three fabaceous seedlings grown under different soil water conditions in semi-arid land of South America

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuta INOUE ◽  
KENZO Tanaka ◽  
Shigenobu TAMAI ◽  
Fukuju YAMAMOTO ◽  
Norikazu YAMANAKA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Drought Tolerance ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Arid Land ◽  
Water Conditions ◽  
Soil Water Conditions ◽  
Semi Arid

Yield, plant characteristics, and relative tolerance to bunch loss of four banana varieties (Musa AAA Group, Cavendish subgroup) in the semi-arid subtropics of Western Australia

1992 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
TR Hill ◽  
ARJ Bissell ◽  
JR Burt
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The Other ◽  
Marketable Yield ◽  
Relative Tolerance ◽  
Plant Characteristics ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Semi Arid

The yield, plant characteristics (pseudostem height and girth), and relative tolerance to bunch loss of 4 banana varieties (Musa AAA Group, Cavendish subgroup) were studied over 2 crops in the semi-arid subtropics at Carnarvon, Western Australia. The varieties were New Guinea Cavendish, Chinese Cavendish, Hsien.Jen Chiao, and the most widely grown Australian variety, Williams. The marketable yield of Williams was higher (P<0.05) than the mean of the other varieties in the parent crop (70.2 v. 50.7 t/ha) and ratoon 1 crop (65.8 v. 34.4 t/ha). This was the result of lower (P<0.05) bunch loss, about 41% less over the 2 crops, than for the other varieties. Resistance to bunch loss-pseudostem breakage and bunch peduncle snap was not associated with the shorter varieties (New Guinea Cavendish and Chinese Cavendish), but resistance to choke throat was associated with the taller varieties (Williams and Hsien Jen Chiao).

scholarly journals The potential of CAM crops as a globally significant bioenergy resource: moving from ‘fuel or food’ to ‘fuel and more food’

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 2320-2329 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Michael Mason ◽  
Katherine Glover ◽  
J. Andrew C. Smith ◽  
Kathy J. Willis ◽  
Jeremy Woods ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Acid Metabolism ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Arid Land ◽  
Semi Arid

4–15% of the 2.5 bn ha of semi-arid land globally could generate 59 PW h year−1of electricity without reducing food production, enough to make a major difference to global GHG emissions. The key is anaerobic digestion of a class of understudied, under-developed and hyper-water-efficient plants that use the crassulacean acid metabolism.

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