Download or read book Plant-water Relationships in Arid and Semi-arid Conditions written by Unesco. Secretariat and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The income and loss of water in arid and semi-arid zones; Soil water relations in arid and semi-arid conditions; Physiological and morphological changes in plants due to water deficiency; Adaptation to drought: xerophytism; Methods of research on water realtions; The management of native vegetation in arid and semi-arid regions; Principles of dry land crop management in arid and semi-arid zones; Significance of fallow as a management technique in continental and winter-rainfall climates; Principles of irrigated cropping.