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Chapter 37 - Management of abiotic stress and sustainability

Research Authors
Afaf M. Hamada, Youssef M. Hamada
Research Abstract

Agricultural productivity faces various challenges that include a combination of (a)biotic stresses. The abiotic stresses include extreme temperature, water stress, light stress, salinity, deficiency in essential nutrients, chemical factors, air pollutants, radiation, wind, latitude, altitude, and other stressors. Damages to a magnitude of 50% of agrarian production come back from abiotic stress. Universal weather alteration and overutilizing naturalistic resources probably amplify the manifold of the inverse effect of abiotic stress. To alleviate the effects of various stressors, suggested strategies involve improved agronomic management, the upbringing of stress-tolerant cultivars, using of fertilizer, which may boost ability for acclimation to stressful medium. In this chapter, we have investigated the effect of salinity from the elevation of the Mediterranean seawater. In Egypt the rise of the Mediterranean seawater leads to the mixing of surface water with the subsoil water, which leads to the reduction of the crop productivity. Here, we introduced a mathematical model to manage the effect of salinity on sugar beet production. The model simulated the laser land leveling in the guided fields of the two Egyptian governorates, one of them located on the Mediterranean Sea, which produce sugar beet. The outcome of that mathematical model increased sugar beet revenue, profit, and rate of return in both governorates. The total sugar beet production cost, water used, and absolute risk decreased. Moreover, the liberation of carbon dioxide (CO2) and consumption of energy reduced.

Research Date
Research Journal
Plant Life under Changing Environment
Research Publisher
Elsevir
Research Rank
-
Research Vol
-
Research Website
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818204-8.00041-2
Research Year
2020
Research Pages
33