WATER MANAGEMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF CROP STANDS

The agriculture of Hungary will be modified in the next decades by two main factors. One of them is the re-structure due to the privatizatio n in agriculture. In consequence of that in plant production a more ad aptable conformity to the ecological and economic conditions is to be expected. The other one is the effect of global change in climate affe cting the Carpathian basin. This means an increase in average temperat ure, a modified vegetation time and poorer water supply for the plants . All these facts urged the author to systematize the water management characteristics of plants, based on the Hungarian experiences and the survey of research results (Table 8). The systematization of water ma nagement characteristics makes it possible to cultivate the most adequ ate plant species knowing the water supply conditions of each producti on site.