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<p>Water is the most essential substance regarding the physiological processes of any living system. Agricultural activities and global food security are highly influenced by water availability. The value of water and water resources already exceeds that of energy sources today. The water-related concepts are very diverse in agricultural relations. The aim of this paper was to revive some terms related to water and discuss their importance in soil-plant systems. In this paper, eight phrases were selected paying attention to the importance of water management, namely soil water management, soil moisture range for workability, rain stress, water logging, water shortage, irrigation, water intake and water loss, avoiding water loss and reply to climate change phenomena. Findings of water management research point to a relationship between soil quality and improvement of water intake capacity, parallel with climate stress mitigation.</p>
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Water is the most essential substance regarding the physiological processes of any living system. Agricultural activities and global food security are highly influenced by water availability. The value of water and water resources already exceeds that of energy sources today. The water-related concepts are very diverse in agricultural relations. The aim of this paper was to revive some terms related to water and discuss their importance in soil-plant systems. In this paper, eight phrases were selected paying attention to the importance of water management, namely soil water management, soil moisture range for workability, rain stress, water logging, water shortage, irrigation, water intake and water loss, avoiding water loss and reply to climate change phenomena. Findings of water management research point to a relationship between soil quality and improvement of water intake capacity, parallel with climate stress mitigation.

Water Management Within the Soil-Plant System – A Challenge for the 21<sup>st</sup> Century

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek

Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae

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Water Management Within the Soil-Plant System – A Challenge for the 21 Century

Water is the most essential substance regarding the physiological processes of any living system. Agricultural activities and global food security are highly...

Water Management Within the Soil-Plant System – A Challenge for the 21^st Century

Publicado en línea: 21 may 2021

Páginas: 16 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahr-2021-0004

Palabras clave
soil moisture, rain stress, water shortage, irrigation, climate prognoses

© 2021 Márta Birkás et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Water Management Within the Soil-Plant System – A Challenge for the 21st Century

Publicado en línea: 21 may 2021

Páginas: 16 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahr-2021-0004

Palabras clavesoil moisture, rain stress, water shortage, irrigation, climate prognoses

© 2021 Márta Birkás et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Water Management Within the Soil-Plant System – A Challenge for the 21^st Century

Palabras clave
soil moisture, rain stress, water shortage, irrigation, climate prognoses