-
Prediction of drought-flood prone zones in inland mountainous regions under climate change with assessment and enhancement strategies for disaster resilience in high-standard farmland Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-05 Yongheng Shen, Qingxia Guo, Zhenghao Liu, Yanli Shen, Yikun Jia, Yuehan Wei
Predicting drought and flood disaster-prone alternating zones and enhancing cropland disaster resilience are critical for agricultural water management, mitigating meteorological disaster risks, and ensuring food security. However, the spatial prediction of climate disaster vulnerability at the local scale faces challenges such as data gaps and insufficient resolution, which results in a lack of relevant
-
An “initial-engineering-end use” quasi-market pricing mechanism under cascading risk for cross-regional water rights trading Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-05 Xuxia Li, Huimin Wang, Gang Liu, Liu Yang, Zhou Fang, Yi Xiao, Xiaoying Lai, Li Gao, Ying Teng
Water rights trading within a market economy has emerged as an effective solution for enhancing water use efficiency and addressing water scarcity. However, the development of a pricing mechanism that accounts for the spatial heterogeneity of water resources remains a critical challenge. This study proposes an “initial-engineering-end use” quasi-market pricing mechanism based on empirical research
-
Explore the evolution of winter wheat production and its response to climate change under varying precipitation years in the Loess Plateau of China Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-04 Donglin Wang, Yanbin Li, Binbin Zhang, Tengcong Jiang, Siyu Wu, Wenjie Wu, Yi Li, Jianqiang He, Deli Liu, Qinge Dong, Hao Feng
Change of the spatio-temporal distribution of precipitation poses a significant impact on agricultural production in rain-fed areas of the Loess Plateau. The adaptation process and mechanism of winter wheat production to annual precipitation pattern remain unclear. To clarify the transformation process of precipitation and the mechanism how it change the crop yield, particularly in the Loess Plateau
-
The vulnerability of regional agriculture regarding irrigation water from the Tagus-Segura transfer Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-04 José Daniel Buendía Azorín, Rubén Martínez Alpañez, María del Mar Sánchez de la Vega
Input–output tables provide a useful tool for analysing economic and environmental impacts, which has led to their extension beyond the national level to the regional level. The availability of the intermediate demand matrix allows for the extraction of income multipliers and employment multipliers to assess the environmental impacts of different economic activities. This can intuitively be expected
-
Optimizing water-use efficiency under elevated CO₂: A meta-analysis of crop type, soil modulation, and enrichment methods Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-04 Ali Mokhtar, Hongming He, Samar Attaher, Ali Salem, Muneer Alam
Elevated CO2 (eCO2) significantly affect the carbon-water cycle in terrestrial ecosystems especially for gas exchange and water use efficiency (WUE). Therefore, in this study, we have conducted a meta-analysis to quantitative statistical means among studies and discuss how WUE responds to eCO2 under pathway (C3 and C4), four enrichment methods and soil types based on 124 peer-reviewed studies and 1474
-
Present and future challenges for hydraulic reliability and energy efficiency in collective irrigation systems: A participatory modelling approach Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-03 Maria do Rosário Cameira, Antónia Ferreira, Luis Boteta, Pedro Santos Fortes, Maria João Calejo
The HubIS project, through a participatory approach with stakeholders, identified the need to assess the hydraulic and energy performance of the Lucefecit Collective Irrigation System (LCIS) for co-designed future scenarios. With this aim, a tool was developed integrating on-farm demand driven water transport and distribution with energy use. The tool results from a participatory modelling process
-
Can a tiered water price policy improve the technical efficiency of crop irrigation for maize in the Heihe River Basin in Northwest China? Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-03 Guifang Li, Dongdong Ma
Agricultural water pricing reform is often considered one of the most effective tools for improving agricultural water use efficiency in China’s arid and semi-arid regions. However, the implementation effect of this policy remains to be studied. On the basis of farmer survey data in 2014 and 2019, this study takes typical irrigation districts in the Heihe River Basin (HRB) in Northwest China as the
-
Trophic transfer of arsenic in the food chain from selected crops grown in long-term wastewater contaminated soil Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-03 Mudasra Munir, Kafeel Ahmad, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Shahzad Akhtar, Muhammad Nadeem, Asma Ashfaq, Mohammad Faisal, Abdulrahman A. Alatar, Hafiza Mamona Nazir, Ifra Saleem Malik
Arsenic (As) contamination is a major health problem that exists worldwide. The accumulation of toxic metals in the surrounding soils of advanced industrial and agricultural sectors has the potential to degrade the ecosystem. All the soil and vegetable samples contaminated with different water sources were collected from three districts, namely, Jhang, Faisalabad and Toba Tek Singh. All samples were
-
Evaluation of the effect of soil and irrigation water characteristics on the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Mentha spicata L. essential oil: A plant used in traditional medicine of Kashan people Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-03 Vajiheh Gandomi Hosnaroodi, Mansureh Ghavam
Plants containing essential oil may differ in performance and quality of essential oil based on the type of soil and water. Mentha spicata L. is one of the most important essential oil species of the lamiaceae family, which the people of Kashan use as a sedative, to treat flatulence, Intestinal and stomach diseases heartache are traditionally used. The present study was designed and carried out in
-
Using remote sensing and machine learning to generate 100-cm soil moisture at 30-m resolution for the black soil region of China: Implication for agricultural water management Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-02 Liwen Chen, Boting Hu, Jingxuan Sun, Y. Jun Xu, Guangxin Zhang, Hongbo Ma, Jingquan Ren
Multi-layer soil moisture is an important factor in predicting agricultural droughts and waterlogging, with significant implications for the growth, development, and yield prediction of rain fed crops. However, soil moisture datasets or algorithms fail to simultaneously meet the requirements of multi-layer, high spatiotemporal resolution soil moisture information for large-scale agricultural production
-
Digital technologies for water use and management in agriculture: Recent applications and future outlook Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-02 Carlos Parra-López, Saker Ben Abdallah, Guillermo Garcia-Garcia, Abdo Hassoun, Hana Trollman, Sandeep Jagtap, Sumit Gupta, Abderrahmane Aït-Kaddour, Sureerat Makmuang, Carmen Carmona-Torres
This article provides a comprehensive overview of digital technologies for water use and management in agriculture, examining recent applications and future prospects. It examines key water-related challenges - scarcity, pollution, inefficient use and climate change - and shows how various digital technologies such as Remote Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, Big Data, Robotics
-
Balancing water saving, market attractiveness, and pollution control in crop spatial planting structure planning of arid regions Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Longbin Hao, Shouhong Zhang, Fan Zhang, Yufei Ren, Xinyu Zhang, Jing Yan
In arid regions, agricultural production and ecological health heavily depend on limited water resources, necessitating the implementation of additional water-saving measures to promote sustainable development. Crop spatial planting structure optimization, as an effective water-saving measure, has been widely utilized to enhance water-use efficiency by aligning the supply and demand of different crops
-
Substitute for polyethylene (PE) films: A novel attapulgite super absorbent polymer applied in a semi-humid drought-prone region of the Loess Plateau Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Xiaofan Pan, Hengjia Zhang, Shouchao Yu, Haoliang Deng, Xietian Chen, Chenli Zhou, Fuqiang Li, Haiyan Li
Residual film and microplastics are widely used to prevent soil water loss in arid farming areas of the Loess Plateau, China; however, pollution and farm land quality decline plaque this management strategy. To address this, a field experiment was conducted at the dry farming demonstration site in Huating City, Gansu Province to test a novel amendment of attapulgite super absorbent polymer (A-SAP)
-
Humic acid improves water retention, maize growth, water use efficiency and economic benefits in coastal saline-alkali soils Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Ge Li, Yuyang Shan, Weibo Nie, Yan Sun, Lijun Su, Weiyi Mu, Zhi Qu, Ting Yang
Humic acid (HA) is an environmentally friendly and efficient soil amendment that plays a crucial role in the improving of saline-alkali soils. This study investigated the effects of HA on soil water retention, maize growth characteristics, water use efficiency (WUE), and economic benefits (∆NP) in coastal saline-alkali soil. Laboratory experiments tested five HA application rates (0, 1 ‰, 3 ‰, 5 ‰
-
Distributed hydrodynamic modelling for assessing flood impacts on crops: Assessing flood-resilient crop management in a coastal basin of central Italy Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-31 Thomas Lucaora, Antonio Annis, Fernando Nardi, Maria Cristina Rulli, Davide Danilo Chiarelli
Nuisance flooding phenomena do not only affect urban areas, but also agriculture, determining catastrophic damages to crops. The impact of floods on crops has been an underrated topic in scientific literature that focuses more on urban areas, probably because they tend to have higher densities of population, infrastructure, industries, and real estate properties, which translates into more substantial
-
Long-term effects of a one-time application of flue gas desulfurization gypsum on the soil pore structure in sodic paddy fields Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-31 Jianzhong Guo, Bangyan Liu, Kangping Zhang, Zhentao Sun, Enbo Mo, Shujuan Wang, Jia Liu, Yan Li, Lizhen Xu, Yonggan Zhao
Saline–sodic soil suffer from a high content of exchangeable sodium ions in the soil colloid and the poor air and water permeability of the soil pore structure. Flue gas desulfurization (FGD) gypsum improves sodic saline–alkali soil by replacing sodium ions with calcium ions. However, research on the original soil pore structure after the modification of sodic saline–alkali soil with FGD gypsum is
-
The value of simulating the soil water and nitrogen dynamics in decision support systems for plot-scale agro-environmental management Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-30 F. Huertas-Fernández, E.M. Suárez-Rey, C.L. Ramón, C. Giménez, F.J. Rueda
Nitrogen N losses from vegetable fields, primarily due to nitrate leaching, represent one of the most challenging problems that modern agriculture faces. Decision Support Systems (DSS) developed to guide plot-scale fertilization and minimize N losses are based on estimates of crop water/N potential requirements during the growth cycle. Irrigation/fertilization strategies can be designed based on these
-
Crop root system phenotyping with high water-use efficiency and its targeted precision regulation: Present and prospect Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Jian Kang, Risheng Ding, Jinliang Chen, Siyu Wu, Weichen Gao, Zilu Wen, Ling Tong, Taisheng Du
Roots are essential to crop survival and productivity, especially under drought conditions where efficient water use efficiency (WUE) is critical for enhancing crop resilience and ensuring food security. This paper explores recent advancements in understanding and optimizing root system architecture (RSA) to enhance WUE, focusing on how genetic, physiological, and environmental factors shape RSA for
-
Social barriers to water scarcity adaptation: A grounded theory exploration in arid and semi-arid regions Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Yousof Azadi, Jafar Yaghoubi, Heydar Gholizadeh, Saeed Gholamrezai, Fatemeh Rahimi-Feyzabad
The agricultural sector is one of the most susceptible sectors to water scarcity. So, the need for the adaptation of its actors to the water scarcity conditions cannot be denied. However, adaptation to water scarcity is faced with various issues such as numerous and serious social barriers, which jeopardize the efficiency and effectiveness of adaptation measures and projects. This research aimed to
-
Effects of long-term straw application and groundwater management on acidification of paddy soils in subtropical China: Insight from a 35-year field experiment Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Yue Dong, Shuai Liu, Yiting Hu, Jan Mulder, Samuel Adingo, Yafeng Nie, Lichu Yin, Yan Ma, Xinhua Peng
As an important renewable agricultural by-product, straw application has been recommended worldwide as an effective and economical agricultural management practice. However, there remain potential risks associated with straw application, especially straw-induced soil acidification in croplands. Until now, the effect of straw application on soil acidification is inconclusive, and there is still a lack
-
Institutional and technological innovations for sustained change in smallholder irrigation schemes in southern and Eastern Africa Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Henning Bjornlund, Karen Parry, Andre van Rooyen, Jamie Pittock
Water management systems must become more adaptable to alleviate projected shortfalls. Integrated socio-institutional and technological interventions are required to generate sustained change in irrigation water management and the profitability for smallholders and their schemes. We illustrate this by conducting an ex-post analysis of the ‘Transforming Irrigation in Southern Africa’ (TISA) project
-
A discrete sliding mode control strategy for precision agriculture irrigation management Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Leonardo D. Garcia, Camilo Lozoya, Herman Castañeda, Antonio Favela-Contreras
Control theory has been showing progress in its evolving exercise in precision agriculture for the search for optimized irrigation schemes regarding water saving. Nevertheless, implementations have been limited to on–off and PID (proportional–integral–derivative) controllers, with the more sophisticated variations being fuzzy controllers. To improve this, a robust model-based irrigation controller
-
Threat appraisal and individual adaptation as drivers for collaborative drought management in the Netherlands Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Lars De Graaff, Marthe L.K. Wens, Jaime Hoogesteger, Maurizio Mazzoleni, Anne F. Van Loon
Drought risk is increasing worldwide. This is putting greater strain on agricultural production and the availability of freshwater resources. The agricultural sector needs to adapt to these increasing drought risks and must transition towards more sustainable and climate-robust production systems. This study aims to explore drivers, barriers, and opportunities for collaborative drought adaptation among
-
Spatially optimized allocation of water and land resources based on multi-dimensional coupling of water quantity, quality, efficiency, carbon, food, and ecology Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Yingbin Wang, Haiqing Wang, Jiaxin Sun, Peng Qi, Wenguang Zhang, Guangxin Zhang
The research on optimizing agricultural water and land resources is significant for improving resource utilization efficiency, ensuring food security, protecting the ecological environment, and promoting sustainable economic development. However, few studies have been conducted on the spatially optimized allocation of water and land resources based on the multidimensional coupling of water quantity
-
How water–energy–food services and their interactions change along multiple environmental gradients Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Guangyi Deng, Haibo Jiang, Shuai Ma, Yang Wen, Chunguang He, Lianxi Sheng, Dehai Gu
With climate change and ongoing socioeconomic development, issues related to water, energy, and food security are becoming more pressing, threatening human well-being. Under the influence of environmental factors, water–energy–food resources exhibit significant spatial heterogeneity. However, limited information exists on how water–energy–food services and their interactions respond to various environmental
-
Integrated application of fertilization increased maize (Zea mays L.) yield by improving soil quality, particularly under limited water conditions in a semi-arid sandy area Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Ning Wang, Tonghui Zhang, Yuqiang Li, Anqi Cong, Jie Lian, Keyun Feng
Water shortage and soil degradation are major challenges to agricultural production encountered in the semi-arid areas. The advantage of application of organic and biofertilizers in improving the soil productivity have been verified. However, there is still a lack of related research evaluating the effect of integrated fertilization measures on soil quality and crop productivity as well as their potential
-
Causal impact of adopting irrigation technology on agriculture in Ethiopia: Evidence from a propensity score matching Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Markose Chekol Zewdie, Jan Cools, Steven Van Passel
This research examines the causal effect of adopting large-scale irrigation (LSI) technology on agriculture in Ethiopia using data from 450 farmers. Of the total sample, 254 farmers have adopted the LSI technology while the rest 196 are non-adopters who serve as control groups. Based on the findings from propensity score matching, sensitivity analysis and robustness checks, it is evident that embracing
-
Changes in shoot and root adaptations of fibrous-root and taproot crops in response to different drought types: A meta-analysis Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Jicao Dao, Yuanjun Xing, Chunyi Chen, Mianhe Chen, Ziting Wang, Yinglong Chen
Environmental variability induces fluctuating drought stress, significantly affecting crop growth and productivity. However, the overall changes in both shoot and root systems caused by different drought severities and crop types remain unclear. Here, we analyzed the available information on the responses of crop shoot and root systems to different drought stresses. A meta-analysis was conducted using
-
Three-dimensional soil salinity mapping with uncertainty using Bayesian Hierarchical Modelling, Random Forest Regression and remote sensing data Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Zitian Gao, Jorge L. Peña-Arancibia, Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad, Altaf Ali Siyal
Understanding the variation of soil salinity across time and space provides critical information for soil salinity management. This study presents two models using Bayesian Hierarchical Modelling (BHM) and Random Forest Regression (RFR) to predict soil electrical conductivity of a saturated soil extract (ECe) in a coastal area in south Sindh (9707 km2), Pakistan, annually from 2014−15 to 2020−21. Both
-
Economic efficiency of drip and flood irrigation. Comparative analysis at farm scale using DEA Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Marta García-Mollá, Rosa Puertas Medina, Virgina Vega-Carrero, Carles Sanchis-Ibor
In recent decades, there has been a massive replacement of flood irrigation with drip irrigation throughout the world. Numerous studies have been published on the efficiency of these techniques in terms of water savings, but few works have paid attention to their economic efficiency at farm scale. In this research, a two-stage methodology has been used for this purpose, developed in three irrigated
-
Improved estimation of stomatal conductance by combining high-throughput plant phenotyping data and weather variables through machine learning Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-25 Junxiao Zhang, Kantilata Thapa, Geng (Frank) Bai, Yufeng Ge
Stomatal conductance (gs) quantifies the rate of exchange of carbon dioxide for photosynthesis and water vapor for transpiration between plant leaves and the atmosphere. gs is usually measured by handheld devices like porometers, and readings are manually taken in the field, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. In this study, we investigated the use of high-throughput phenotyping (HTP) data
-
Using solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence to predict winter wheat actual evapotranspiration through machine learning and deep learning methods Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-24 Yao Li, Xuanang Liu, Xuegui Zhang, Xiaobo Gu, Lianyu Yu, Huanjie Cai, Xiongbiao Peng
As the world's largest wheat producer, accurately and timely predicting the actual evapotranspiration (ETc_act) during the growth period of winter wheat is crucial for improving farmland water use efficiency and yield in China. Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence (SIF) is a radiative signal emitted during plant photosynthesis, and ETc_act is largely influenced by photosynthetic efficiency. Therefore
-
Assessing the impacts of shifting planting dates on crop yields and irrigation demand under warming scenarios in Alberta, Canada Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-24 Qi Zhao, Lina Wu, Fei Huo, Zhenhua Li, Yanping Li
Understanding the impacts of climate change on crop production and irrigation water demand is crucial for adapting to global warming. This study evaluated the effects of shifting planting dates on irrigated and rainfed crop yields and irrigation water demand under the latest Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSPs) climate scenarios using the AquaCrop-OS model in Alberta, Canada. The results indicate:
-
Dendrometer as a water stress indicator for apple trees Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-23 Thainná Waldburger, Achim Walter, Marianne Cockburn, Hassan-Roland Nasser, Philippe Monney, Matthias Hatt, Thomas Anken
The use of dendrometers to measure the stem diameter (SD) of trees provides information about their actual water stress levels. The Scholander chamber is currently the gold standard for measuring stem water potential and thus for quantifying the water status of trees, despite being a laborious method, especially for apple trees. The aim of this study was to analyze dendrometer data to assess the water
-
Achieving comprehensive water productivity improvement: A multi-objective simulation-optimization model for water productivity-oriented irrigation water management Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-23 Gang Li, Chenglong Zhang, Zailin Huo, Yanqi Liu
Improving water productivity (WP) from multiple perspectives is crucial for irrigated agriculture in arid areas, particularly due to challenges such as low crop WP, limited economic returns, and secondary soil salinization. In this study, a multi-objective simulation-optimization model is established for maximizing irrigation water productivity (IWP), economic water productivity (EWP), and nutritional
-
Estimating agricultural irrigation water consumption for the High Plains aquifer region with integrated energy- and water-balance evapotranspiration modeling approaches Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-23 Lei Ji, Gabriel B. Senay, MacKenzie Friedrichs, Stefanie Kagone
Estimation of irrigation water use provides essential information for the management and conservation of agricultural water resources. Conventionally, water use data are created based on reports and surveys from water users, whereas manual records may not be complete due to lacking flow meters, measurement gaps, inconsistent methods across regions, and time- and cost-consuming data processing. Alternatively
-
Deficit irrigation and biostimulation preconditioning to improve drought resistance in melon Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-22 Susana Zapata-García, Abdelmalek Temnani, Pablo Berríos, Pedro J. Espinosa, Claudia Monllor, Alejandro Pérez-Pastor
The need to increase crop water productivity under low water availability conditions, leads not only to the use of technology for real-time soil water monitoring, but also to test the response of certain products, such as algae-based biostimulants, on the agronomy and physiology response of the plants. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of different sustainable strategies to maximize water
-
Effect of combined nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on summer maize yield and soil fertility in coastal saline-alkali land Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-21 Changjian Ma, Wu Wenbiao, Peng Hou, Yue Wang, Bowen Li, Huabin Yuan, Lining Liu, Xuejun Wang, Zeqiang Sun, Yan Li
Soil salinization limits food production and land use efficiency. Proper nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer application can improve saline soils, but the optimal ratio under saline-alkali conditions is unclear. This experiment set different nitrogen fertilizer application rates (60 kg/hm2, 120 kg/hm2) and phosphate fertilizer application rates (40 kg/hm2, 80 kg/hm2, 120 kg/hm2). The results showed that
-
Processing tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Miller) yield and quality in arid regions through micro-nano aerated drip irrigation coupled with humic acid application Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-16 Jiaying Ma, Rui Chen, Yue Wen, Jinzhu Zhang, Feihu Yin, Tehseen Javed, Jiliang Zheng, Zhenhua Wang
The long-term, extensive use of mulched drip irrigation has effectively mitigated water scarcity. However, it has led to reduced soil aeration, with a negative impact on crop growth and yield. Our study aims to tackle this issue by investigating the arid region of Northwest China, focusing on how humic acid (HA)-based water-fertilizer-gas coupled drip irrigation influences soil aeration, as well as
-
Enhancing maize yield, water use efficiency, and Zn content under drought stress by applying Zn-solubilizing bacteria Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-16 Fahimeh Khaledi, Hamidreza Balouchi, Mohsen Movahhedi Dehnavi, Amin Salehi
Mitigating drought stress is important for corn production. One way to alleviate drought stress and increase yield is to use supplementary Zn and Zn-solubilizing bacteria. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of ZnSO4 combined with rhizosphere bacteria on the yield, Zn uptake, relative water content (RWC), and water use efficiency (WUE) of corn under drought stress. A field experiment
-
Effects of management of plastic and straw mulching management on crop yield and soil salinity in saline-alkaline soils of China: A meta-analysis Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-16 Ying Song, Jineng Sun, Mingjun Cai, Jinyu Li, Meizhen Bi, Mingxiu Gao
Improving saline-alkali soils is crucial for sustainable agricultural development. Ground cover techniques, such as mulching, can mitigate soil salinity, but their effects on crop yields and soil salinity remains controversial. Moreover, it remains unclear how these effects vary with climatic, edaphic, and agronomic management factors such as tillage methods, irrigation types, nitrogen application
-
Possible accumulation of emerging contaminants of concern in treated wastewater on the soil plant system of a processing tomato-wheat succession Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-16 Giuseppe Gatta, Federica Carucci, Anna Gagliardi, Michele Perniola, Michele Denora, Francesco De Mastro, Gennaro Brunetti, Sapia Murgolo, Cristina De Ceglie, Alfieri Pollice, Marcella Michela Giuliani
Treated wastewater (TWW) is increasingly recognized as a valuable resource for agriculture and water management in the Mediterranean region. However, its use can pose significant risks due to the potential presence of emerging contaminants of concern (ECCs), including personal care products, pesticides, food additives, and pharmaceuticals. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of irrigation with
-
A novel agricultural drought index based on multi-source remote sensing data and interpretable machine learning Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-16 Hao Chen, Ni Yang, Xuanhua Song, Chunhua Lu, Menglan Lu, Tan Chen, Shulin Deng
Drought is a frequent, destructive, and complex natural hazard, and seriously threatens eco-environment, socio-economy, and the health of human. Previous studies suggested that integrated multi-source remote sensing drought indices have the potential to comprehensively monitor drought conditions, however most existing integrated drought indices still have several limitations. Here, we used solar-induced
-
High-resolution mapping of evapotranspiration over heterogeneous cropland affected by soil salinity Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-16 Meihan Liu, Huimin Lei, Xingwang Wang, Paula Paredes
Evapotranspiration (ET) plays a crucial role in the terrestrial water cycle, particularly in arid areas such as those of the Hetao Irrigation District (HID) in Inner Mongolia, China, where water scarcity and salinity variability pose significant challenges for irrigated agriculture and ecological monitoring. Although advances in remote sensing have enhanced ET estimates, high spatial (30 m) and temporal
-
A novel regional forecastable multiscalar standardized drought index (RFMSDI) for regional drought monitoring and assessment Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-16 Aamina Batool, Veysi Kartal, Zulfiqar Ali, Miklas Scholz, Farman Ali
Drought is a complex recurrent natural phenomenon. It is the main outcome of climate change. It has long-term impacts on agriculture, human life as well as the environment. Therefore, quantifying drought at the regional level is essential for developing sustainable policies. This study introduced a new drought index for regional drought forecasting called the Regional Forecastable Multiscalar Standardized
-
Water scarcity in semi-arid California compromises perennial alfalfa’s high yield and carbon sinking potentials Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-15 Tianxin Wang, Kanishka Mallick, Joseph Verfaille, Daphne Szutu, Dennis Baldocchi
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), a C3 and nitrogen fixing crop, offers high yields and carbon sinking potential due to its perennial nature. As a prolific water user, its ability to thrive in warmer climates, such as semi-arid regions like California, is further enhanced by ample solar energy and irrigation. However, water scarcity in these regions poses increasing challenges to alfalfa’s yield and carbon
-
Generating high-precision farmland irrigation pattern maps using remotely sensed ecological indices and machine learning algorithms Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-15 Yuqi Liu, Yang Wang, Yanling Liao, Renkuan Liao, Jirka Šimůnek
Conducting field investigations of farmland irrigation patterns on a large scale is a time-consuming and labor-intensive task. The traditional approach of employing satellite remote sensing for large-scale visual assessments is impractical for identifying irrigation patterns due to interference caused by vegetation cover. To address this, we utilized the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform, integrating
-
Hydrothermal conditions dominated sensitivity and lag effect of grassland productivity in Yunnan Province, China: Implications for climate change Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-15 Yan Fang, Long Wan, Jing Tong, Guijing Li, Jing Pang, Enfu Chang, Linglan Chen, Zixuan Shi
Net primary productivity (NPP) is an important indicator of carbon and water cycles in grassland ecosystems and is highly sensitive to climate change. This study focused on grassland and its sub-regions in Yunnan Province and analyzed the productivity of grassland ecosystems under different hydrothermal conditions from 2001 to 2021. The results indicated that grassland experienced a warming and drying
-
Increasing exposure of cotton growing areas to compound drought and heat events in a warming climate Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-13 Shengli Liu, Wei Zhang, Tongtong Shi, Tong Li, Hui Li, Guanyin Zhou, Zhanbiao Wang, Xiongfeng Ma
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is a critical source of natural fiber and cottonseed oil for humans, yielding substantial economic benefits globally. However, the susceptibility of cotton cultivation to compound drought and heat events (CDHEs) brings significant threats to cotton productivity. Despite this, a comprehensive assessment of global CDHE occurrence over cotton-growing areas and its potential
-
Unraveling the interplay between NDVI, soil moisture, and snowmelt: A comprehensive analysis of the Tibetan Plateau agroecosystem Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-13 Di Wei, Lin Yan, Ziqi Zhang, Jia Yu, Xue’er Luo, Yun Zhang, Bo Wang
The rapid changing climate conditions within Tibetan Plateau determine the complex interaction between vegetation succession and agricultural water resources, including soil moisture and snowmelt. While previous studies have primarily focused on the coupling relationship between NDVI and soil moisture, snowmelt, as a critical water source in plateau ecosystems, plays an equally important role in regulating
-
A new regional reference evapotranspiration model based on quantile approximation of meteorological variables Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-13 Guomin Huang, Jianhua Dong, Lifeng Wu, Jingwei Luo, Rangjian Qiu, Yaokui Cui, Yicheng Wang
Reference evapotranspiration (ETo) is a variable that can assist in estimating agricultural water use in water-scarce regions. Estimating ETo with limited data is an important alternative to overcome the current shortage of meteorological data in many areas around the world. For this purpose, this study introduces a new method for establishing a simplified regional ETo model. The method, which creating
-
Development potential of multi-cropping systems and its influence on agricultural water consumption in the Huang–Huai–Hai River Basin of China Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-13 Linghui Li, Qingming Wang, Yong Zhao, Jiaqi Zhai, Haihong Li, Shuying Han, Lichuan Wang, Yunpeng Gui
The impact of global warming on the cropping system (CS) has been increasingly emphasized, and it is essential to analyze the changing pattern of the CS and the impact of agricultural water consumption (AWC) for timely adjustment of the crop and water management. This study analyzed the spatial-temporal changes of the actual and potential CS based on the remote sensing and meteorological dataset from
-
Responses of dry edible bean crop growth and water productivities under different irrigation scenarios in the U.S. high plains Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-13 Angie Gradiz, Xin Qiao, Saleh Taghvaeian, Wei-zhen Liang, Daran Rudnick, Abia Katimbo, Jun Wang, Swathi Palle
Dry edible bean is an important crop for protein sources worldwide. As freshwater resources become increasingly constrained, understanding how dry beans respond to different irrigation regimes and identifying optimal irrigation management strategies becomes crucial for maintaining adequate yields. This three-year (2021–2023) study investigated the impacts of irrigation treatments, ranging from rainfed
-
Effect of practicing water-saving irrigation on greenhouse gas emissions and crop productivity: A global meta-analysis Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-12 Mingdong Tan, Ningbo Cui, Shouzheng Jiang, Liwen Xing, Shenglin Wen, Quanshan Liu, Weikang Li, Siwei Yan, Yaosheng Wang, Haochen Jin, Zhihui Wang
Water-saving irrigation (WSI) is extensively utilized worldwide to address the growing disparity between dwindling water supplies and increasing food demand. Moreover, WSI has attracted extensive attention for its potential to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agriculture systems. In this study, a global meta-analysis of 1230 observations from 62 publications were conducted to investigate
-
Assessing the irrigation water requirement and irrigation water use at a house scale in Las Vegas Valley Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-11 Rubab Saher, Thomas Ott
Urban irrigation water requirement is a crucial yet uncertain part of urban hydrology. One of the primary reasons is the need for a high-resolution dataset to model the irrigation water requirement. Additionally, current methods rely on oversimplified approaches borrowed from agriculture. This study introduces a high-resolution urban irrigation model to monitor irrigation water rates. The study aimed
-
Unravelling spatiotemporal propagation processes among meteorological, soil, and evaporative flash droughts from a three-dimensional perspective Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-10 Chen Hu, Dunxian She, Gangsheng Wang, Liping Zhang, Zhaoxia Jing, Zhihong Song, Jun Xia
Flash droughts, defined by their rapid development and intensification, have received growing attention due to their severe impacts. Understanding the mechanisms and evolutions of flash drought events is crucial for early warning and mitigation. However, research on the propagation processes among different flash drought types remains limited. Here we developed a spatiotemporal matching framework to
-
Developing a method for root-zone soil moisture monitoring at the field scale using remote sensing and simulation modeling Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-10 Hamideh Noory, Morteza Khoshsima, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Mitsuru Tsubo, Nigussie Haregeweyn, Salar Pashapour
Efficient use of water and irrigation management are essential to sustain irrigated agriculture in drylands, where water resources are limited. Because of the high cost and difficulties of operation and maintenance of in situ instrumentation over irrigated fields, fine-scale monitoring of soil moisture (SM) based on remote sensing and a simulation model may be a practical way to inform irrigation practices
-
Spatiotemporal optimization of irrigation practices for winter wheat in China: Rationale, implications, and solutions Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-09 Luchen Zhang, Yuan Cao, Weihao Qian, Junning Tian, Shengshi Huang, Xiaolei Qiu, Bing Liu, Liang Tang, Liujun Xiao, Weixing Cao, Yan Zhu, Leilei Liu
In recent years, the increasing frequency and intensity of drought events have posed significant challenges to wheat production in China, making irrigation a crucial measure to mitigate associated yield losses. However, the escalating issues of water scarcity and groundwater depletion necessitate the development of strategies to reduce water use while sustaining crop production. In this study, the
-
Alternate partial root-zone irrigation combined with nitrogen fertilizer: An adaptive surge root irrigation and nitrogen strategy to improve apple yield, water-nitrogen use efficiency and fruit quality Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-09 Kun Hao, Wei Zhang, Shijiang Zhu, Youliang Peng, Yun Zhong, Feilong Jie, Lihua Liu, Yalin Gao, Lin Zhou, Chuang Liu, Fangyuan Shen
A reasonable combination of water and nitrogen application under appropriate and use of water-saving irrigation techniques is essential for improving the apple quality and yield in the mountainous areas of the Loess Plateau. This study, which was conducted from 2019 to 2020, utilized seven-year-old Hanfu apples as experimental material. Its focus was on three factors: irrigation method, irrigation
-
Micro-nano aerated subsurface drip irrigation and biochar promote photosynthesis, dry matter accumulation and yield of cucumbers in greenhouse Agric. Water Manag. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2025-01-09 Zan Ouyang, Jie Zhang, Xueli Liang, Hui Wang, Zhenfeng Yang, Rong Tang, Qihua Yu, Yong Zhang
The combination of micro-nano bubble water (MNBW) with subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) is an effective and water-saving aerated irrigation technique. Biochar is a biomass resource with high porosity, alkalinity, and specific surface area. The effects of SDI with MNBW and biochar on crop photosynthetic characteristics, dry matter accumulation, and red soil (clay) aeration are not well understood. Three