Carlos Dias da Silva Junior

Drought and Its Consequences to Plants – From Individual to Ecosystem

Climate-change scenarios around the world indicate that many areas of the globe will in‐ crease in aridity. Thus, all living organisms will suffer from a water scarcity, especially plants, which do not have locomotive structures that allow them to move elsewhere when water and food becomes scarce. As a result, different terrestrial ecosystems (natural and ag‐ ricultural) will be severely affected and some may even collapse due to the extinction of plant species.

Chlorophyll and macronutrients content in leaf tissue of Musa sp ‘Prata-Anã’ under fertigation

1 Paraiba State University, Av. das Baraunas, 351, Bodocongo, CEP 58109-753, Campina Grande-PB, Brazil. 2 Department of Agricultural Engineering, Sergipe Federal University, Av. Marechal Cândido Rondon, Jardim Rosa Elze, CEP 49100-000, Sao Cristovao-SE, Brazil. 3 Campina Grande Federal University, Academic Unit of Agricultural Sciences, Av. Jairo Vieira de Feitosa, Pereiros, CEP 58840-000, Pombal-PB, Brazil. 4 EMBRAPA, Agricultural Research Center of Tabuleiros Costeiros, Av. Beira Mar, 3250, Jardins, CEP 49025-040, Aracaju-SE, Brazil. 5 Department of Agronomy, Paulistan State University Julio de Mesquita, CEP 14884-900, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil.