Anabela Silva

Prof. Anabela Afonso Fernandes Silva earned the PhD in Agronomy at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (2008), where she is Assistant Professor in the of Agronomy Department. She is integrated member of the Centre for Research and Technology in Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB). She specialises in agrometeorology, crop water requirements and olive cultivation. Her research interests include irrigation management, crop response to water deficit, sustainable agriculture,water relations in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, plant-based sensors; precision irrigation. Prof. A. Fernandes-Silva has been coordinator of a national project and has participated in several national and international projects, as well as reviewer of many international journals.

Keywords: precision irrigation, evapotranspiration, water stress indicators