New Fruit Crops With High Water Use Efficiency

Y. Mizrahi*, E. Raveh, E. Yossov, A. Nerd, and J. Ben-AsherIn Israel the major limiting factor to allow profitable agricultural activities is lack of water. Dry land production is unfeasible due to the fact that the agricultural sector in Israel is in the upper middle class. Hence, without irrigation water, agricultural production will not meet the expected stability, production, and income for the agricultural sector. Some plant physiologists claim that there are no plants with real high water use ef-ficiency, since when stomata are closed, reduction in CO

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