El granadoun cultivo resistente a la sequía y fuente natural de salud
- A. Galindo
- P. Rodríguez
- J. Collado-González
- A. Calín
- Z.N. Cruz
- M. Corell
- A. Moriana
- M. Cano-Lamadrid
- S. Medina
- A. Gil-Izquierdo
- A. Carbonell-Barrachina
- F. Hernández
- A. Torrecillas
ISSN: 2013-5742
Year of publication: 2016
Issue: 46
Pages: 6-18
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de fruticultura
Abstract
The pomegranate tree. A drought resistant crop and natural health source. The purpose of the present paper was to disseminate our research results on pomegranate cultivation under Mediterranean conditions. The mechanisms at leaf and fruit levels to confront water deficit are described and their relation with fruit cracking phisiophaty incidence. Moreover, pomegranate fruit chemical characteristics with special reference to bioactive compounds are described and the effect of deficit irrigation on theses chemical substances.