Agricultural Water Management

1976 - 2026

Current editor(s): B.E. Clothier, W. Dierickx, J. Oster and D. Wichelns

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Volume 325, issue C, 2026

Physiological and biochemical response of Echinacea purpurea to combined application of biofertilizers and salicylic acid under different irrigation regimes in saline conditions

Mehdi Vatandoust, Mehdi Madandoust, Majid Rajaie and Mahmood Dejam

Evaluating precision irrigation and nitrogen management for corn using SWAP model under changing humid climates

Suman Budhathoki, Ryan Stewart, William Hunter Frame and Julie Shortridge

Reduced tillage and cover crop effects on soil moisture and infiltration

Carson Roberts, Drew Gholson, Martin Locke, Zachary Simpson, Nicolas Quintana-Ashwell, G. Dave Spencer, Steven Pires, Brian Pieralisi, Whitney Crow and L. Jason Krutz

Initial soil moisture conditions dominate variation in event-scale propagation time from meteorological to agricultural drought

Zhengguang Xu, Bo Jiang, Xiao Guo, Zhiyong Wu and Siqi Fan

Effects of deficit irrigation at different phenological periods on yield, quality, and water productivity of Xanthoceras sorbifolium Bunge in the Horqin Sandy Land of China

Shuqin Song, Benye Xi, Yang Liu, Jing Zhong, Xiaoxia Wang and Liming Jia

Integrating water evaluation and adaptation planning with enhanced sustainable development goals impact assessment for sustainable irrigation optimization in water stressed agricultural basin

Naveed Ahmed, Jiang Ming, Youssef M. Youssef, Shahid Ali, Nassir Alarifi, Waqas Ul Hussan, Faten Nahas and Mahmoud E. Abd-Elmaboud

Degree of subsoil rock weathering alters soil water storage and tree water uses in irrigated apple orchards

Chuantao Wang, Yinglei Wang, Shuqin Qiao, Tamir Kamai, Huijie Li, Hongchen Li and Bingcheng Si

A satellite-driven approach to estimating delivered irrigation water via SM-based inversion algorithm: A case study of the Doroodzan irrigation district, Iran

Peyman Afrasiabikia, Atefeh Parvaresh Rizi and Luca Brocca

Toward sustainable Brassica napus production: Optimizing fertilization regimes for yield, water, and nutrient efficiency

Qiang Zheng, Peng Song, Xin Wang, Siqi Han, Kai Zhang, Peng Hou and Peiling Yang

Precision nanobubble irrigation tailors plant physiology to drive sustainable lettuce growth with water savings

Jesús Morón-López, Aislinn Varela, Renato Montenegro-Ayo, Andrea Maya, Mariana Hernandez-Molina, Kenneth Flores, Emily E. Matula, John Graf, Onur Apul and Sergi Garcia-Segura

From past to future: Spatiotemporal insights into drought stress on Belgian pome fruit production for 1991–2090

Brecht Bamps, Anne Gobin, Ben Somers and Jos Van Orshoven

Ultra-width film mulched with magnetized irrigation boosts soil rhizosphere processes and cotton yield in arid regions

Tong Heng, Yingjie Ma, Mingjiang Deng, Pengrui Ai, Zhenghu Ma and Jiawen Yu

Stomatal conductance modeling for drip-irrigated kiwifruit in seasonal drought regions of South China: Evaluation of improved empirical models and interpretable machine learning approaches

Shunsheng Zheng, Ningbo Cui, Quanshan Liu, Shouzheng Jiang, Daozhi Gong and Xiaoxian Zhang

Spatio-temporal HYDRUS-1D soil water balance simulations as support for precision irrigation in North-Eastern Germany

Jan Lukas Wenzel, Christopher Conrad, Talha Mahmood, Matthias Kunz, Martin Volk and Julia Pöhlitz

Changes in groundwater quality driven by anthropogenic pumping in oasis-desert systems of Northwest China

Naying Chai, Caixia Huang, Wei Liu, Meng Zhu, Yingqing Su, Xinjun Zheng, Shengchuan Tian, Zeyi Wang, Yuhui Chen and Xinwei Yin

Response of maize to supplemental irrigation and other agronomic practices in different regions of China: A meta-analysis

Ning Yang, Miaomiao Zhang, Huimin Jia, Xiaoru Zhao, Muhammad Farooq, Pengfei Dang, Shiguang Wang, Xiping Pan, Charles O. Joseph, Kadambot H.M. Siddique, Jiquan Xue and Xiaoliang Qin

Optimizing maize canopy structure to enhance resource use efficiency in maize-soybean intercropping systems

Shiming Duan, Bin Du, Wencong Chen, Shichao Chen, Qi Liao, Manoj Shukla and Taisheng Du

Linking anatomy and physiology of almond to irrigation strategies: Towards standardized thresholds and decision-support tools for water-limited environments

S. Gutiérrez-Gordillo, L. Conti, G. Egea, S. Vélez, R. Martínez-Peña, D. Andima, V. Blanco, M.A. Sarıdaş, B. Kapur, T.A. Paço, E. Kullaj, Ş.E. Aslan, O. Sperling, K. Vukićević and P. Losciale

Explainable machine learning for joint estimation of evapotranspiration and gross primary productivity in a winter wheat cropland in Northwest China

Yao Li, Kegong Shi, Xiaoya Wang, Xuegui Zhang, Zhunqiao Liu, Xiaoliang Lu, Xiaobo Gu, Jiatun Xu, Yujuan Fu, Xiongbiao Peng and Huanjie Cai

Integrating remote sensing and ion balance to predict yield losses under saline irrigation in rice

Gregorio Egea, Annkathrin Rosenbaum, Mathias Becker, José Rodolfo Quintana-Molina and Shyam Pariyar

Developing effective deep-rooted winter wheat cultivars improves adaptation to stored-soil-water irrigation in the North China Plain

Baoru Li, Jie Han, Huijie Gu, Zongzheng Yan, Lei Wang, Bianyin Wang and Xiuwei Liu

Spatial distributed management strategies for maize high-yield and high-efficiency under different production-demand scenarios in Northwest China

Honghang Zhang, Chuanbin Liang, Wenxin Zhang, Manoj Shukla, Yu Fang, Shichao Chen and Taisheng Du

Water quality dynamics of irrigation reservoirs in series at a production plant nursery

Natasha L. Bell, Lauren M. Garcia Chance, William H.J. Strosnider, Daniel R. Hitchcock, John C. Majsztrik and Sarah A. White

Effects of irrigation and fertilization on the yield of traditional and modern foxtail millet varieties

Ke Ma, Zheng Jia, Xinya Wen and Fu Chen

An intensity gradient of extreme rainfall governs nitrogen and phosphorus losses from contour ridge systems in the rocky mountain region of Northern China

Juan An, Ruofei Liu, Huiling Yang, Lei Liu, Hongli Song, Lizhi Wang and Bin Wang

Response of soil water–salt distribution and maize growth to aerated subsurface drip irrigation in saline soils

Wenxiu Li, Kai Chang, Xiangping Wang, Changcheng He, Qiancheng Gao, Rongjiang Yao, Wenping Xie, Dongxiang Ma, Hai Zhu and Wei Zhu

Greenhouse-aged biochar increases nitrogen removal in riparian soils: Disentangling abiotic and biotic controls

Yucui Bi, Fuxing Liu, Zishi Fu, Hongxia Qiao, Shanliang Liu and Junli Wang

Closing the yield gap of spring maize by synergizing drip nitrogen-fertigation with plant density in the arid region of Northwest China

Mengxuan Shao, Haijun Liu and Wenwen Ju

Towards sustainable water use in intensive and super-intensive olive orchards of Alentejo across multiple scenarios for present and future climate

Hanaa Darouich, Tiago B. Ramos and Luís Santos Pereira

Estimation of wetting patterns for surface drip irrigation using moment analysis and interpretable PSO-SVM-AdaBoost model

Ge Li, Weibo Nie and Yuchen Li

Divergent performance of multiple satellite-based products for monitoring water use efficiency across diverse agroecosystems

Yanan Chen, Dongqiang Chen, Jiaoyue Wang, Li Yao, Jianguang Wen and Xuguang Tang

The dominant effect of atmospheric drought on carbon and water fluxes in Central Asia and the response of critical thresholds

Heran Yahefujiang, Jie Zou, Wulala Tangjialeke, Jianli Ding, Yue Cao, Yue Xu and Shiqi An

Optimal groundwater depth thresholds for sunflower in salt-affected farmland: A process-based modeling approach across hydrological years in the Hetao Irrigation District

Zhipeng Wang, Xiangping Wang, Yuhang Wang, Changcheng He, Zhang Wen, Yulong Jiang, Wenping Xie, Xuan Yu and Rongjiang Yao

Bridging watershed conservation preferences: A multi-basin comparative study of willingness to pay for watershed services among farming communities in India and Sri Lanka

Menuka Udugama, Kaushika Seelanatha, Lahiru Udayanga, Mohanasundari Thangavel, Mohamed M.M. Najim, Savinda Arambawatta Lekamge and Bader Alhafi Alotaibi

Quantification of water in ginseng roots (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) in soil using 3D neutron imaging

Cheul Muu Sim, TaeJoo Kim, Hwasuk Oh, Robert Bellarmin Nshimirimana, Michael Frei and Bernd Honermeier

Water and energy savings using variable rate sprinkler irrigation on a large maize farm in northern Italy

Alice Mayer, Bianca Ortuani, Alberto Crema, Mirco Boschetti and Arianna Facchi

Mulched drip irrigation boosts cotton water productivity via shallow soil water regulation

Jiangtao Wang, Gangfeng Du, Jingshan Tian, Chuangdao Jiang, Yali Zhang and Wangfeng Zhang

Experimental and numerical evaluation of salinity dynamics in a drip cornfield of Northern China irrigated using different proportions of brackish water

Hongxing Liu, Xianyue Li, Jirí Šimůnek, Jianwen Yan, Qi Hu, Ning Chen, Yuehong Zhang, Wenhao Ren and Bokai Yang

Advances and prospects of closed-loop precision irrigation for synergistic water-salt-phosphorus regulation in saline-alkali soils

Lei Huang, Shuke Zheng, Mostafa Elshobary, Teng Li, Wei Liu, Xiangru Xu, Xinjuan Hu, Feifei Zhu, Mostafa El-Sheekh and Shuhao Huo

Do agricultural large-scale operations reduce agricultural pollution? Mechanisms and spatial evidence from fertilizer-pesticide use in 280 Chinese cities

Xianpeng Guo, Jing Li, Xiaoyan Liu and Yang Liu

Integrated organic-inorganic fertilization enhances soil microbial diversity and mitigates the yield-quality trade-off in pakchoi (Brassica chinensis L.)

Shudong Lin, Xiaole Zhao, Qiuping Fu, Zhenghu Ma, Yingjie Ma and Tingrui Yang

Modeling crop suitability for rewetting landscapes in the Netherlands across present and future climate scenarios

Ruben T. Brouwer, Kim C.I. van Etten, Perry G.B. de Louw, Jakob Wallinga and Julian Helfenstein

Impact of the soil freeze-thaw process on runoff generation and water balance in an alpine region of the northeast Qinghai-Tibet plateau

Linshan Yang, Jingru Wang, Tiaoxue Lu, Wanghan He, Xingyi Zou, Honghua Xia, Raffaele Albano, Bogdan Ozga-Zielinski, Jan Adamowski and Qi Feng

Drip irrigation-mediated application of multi-walled carbon nanotubes and Bacillus subtilis improves maize salt tolerance in saline agricultural ecosystems

Yi Liu, Wenzhi Zeng, Chang Ao, Yutian Zuo, Ying Luo and Zhen Li

Integrating UAV multispectral and thermal images with machine learning models to estimate cotton leaf area index under varying water and nitrogen regimes

Shengzhao Pei, Fuquan Lv, Xiaoshu Pan, Yunfang Mu, Yulong Dai, Zhenqi Liao, Xiaoqiang Liu, Fucang Zhang, Junliang Fan and Feihu Yin

Impact of irrigation and nitrogen application strategies on cotton yield, agronomic nitrogen use efficiency, and environmental nitrogen fate

Zhen Luo, Wei Tang, Xiyuan Duan, Hequan Lu, Cundong Li, Liantao Liu and Xiangqiang Kong

Northward expansion of multiple cropping systems exacerbates agricultural water stress

Linghui Li, Qingming Wang, Shan Jiang, Yong Zhao and Haihong Li

Coupled effects of meteorological and irrigation factors differentiate spatiotemporal variability and seasonal fluctuations of groundwater levels

Qize Gao, Jingsi Zhu, Long Sun, Wentan Chen, Yong Zhang, Bo Liu and Chengpeng Lu

Responses of tree water uptake to soil water content variability under combined threshold effects

Xiao Zhang, Ziqiang Liu, Xinxiao Yu, Longqi Zhang and Guodong Jia

AI-driven decision support system enhances productivity, water use efficiency, and soil sustainability of strategic crops in sandy soils

Eman I.R. Emara, Abdullateef M. Al-SAEED and Lamy M.M. Hamed

Optimizing subsoiling depth to enhance soil water storage and annual crop water productivity in wheat-maize cropping system

Yi Lv, Shaobo Wang, Xiaowen Xu, Yecheng Zhang, Jingyi Shao, Xinkun Liu, Ruxin Li, Qisong Gao, Fiston Bizimana, Huifang Han, Ling Liu and Rui Zong

Long-term biochar addition improves post-rice wheat production by ameliorating soil mechanical impedance and moisture condition as well as promoting root growth

Zhi Wang, Wei Ma, Yunfei Lu, Xinyu Liu, Jiawen Han and Xinxin Ye

A global meta-analysis of the effects of irrigation with water containing salts on saline-alkali soils

Xiang Qiao, Zhixin Hao, Haolong Liu and Yang Liu

Water productivity of soybean production systems: A study integrating machine learning and global meta-analysis

Huifang Zheng, Luchang An, Wending Wang, Yanyu Wang, Xinhua Li and Xiying Zhang

Interpretable across-period ensemble learning with multi-stress dataset fusion to enhance early-stage yield prediction under combined water and nitrogen stress using hyperspectral sensing

Bohan Mao, Xiaoxiao Sun, Hao Li, Feng Wu, Xiaohui Kuang, Ying Feng, Wanna Fu, Weiguang Zhai, Yafeng Li, Fuyi Duan, Qian Cheng, Xiuqiao Huang and Zhen Chen

Synergistic management of the water-food-energy-carbon nexus in resource-constrained megaregions: A dynamic general equilibrium assessment for Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei

Shihao Shan, Xichen Lin, Hongzhen Ni, Chaomeng Ma and Jie Wang

Evaluating management strategies with crop modeling for salinity stress mitigation in quinoa: A case study from Laayoune, Morocco

Diana C. Estrella Delgado, Tom De Swaef, Jan Vanderborght, Ayoub El Mouttaqi, Abdelaziz Hirich and Sarah Garré

Irrigation management for sustainable intensification of faba bean production: Synergizing yield, soil health, and water use efficiency

Qiang Zheng, Peng Song, Xin Wang, Bin Sun and Peng Hou

A dynamic intertemporal optimization approach to assess water scarcity costs and long-term adaptation investments for enhancing irrigation system resilience

Maksud B. Bekchanov

Estimating daily seamless 20-m resolution evapotranspiration using data fusion and TSEB

Pengyuan Zhu, Qisheng Han, Caixia Li, Hao Liu, Qingyao Zhao, Yanchuan Ma, Mengru Yu, Shenglin Li and Jinglei Wang

A review of artificial intelligence applications for predicting crop performance and enhancing food security under drought-induced water stress

Ali Fares, Anoop Valiya Veettil, Atikur Rahman and Ripendra Awal

Mapping spatiotemporal agricultural droughts from 2019 to 2024 in Northeast Thailand using multi-temporal and multiple sensor data together with random forest algorithm

Nudthawud Homtong, Savittri Ratanopad Suwanlee, Surasak Keawsomsee, Kemin Kasa, Jaturong Som-ard, Sarawut Ninsawat, Narissara Nuthammachot, Dario Spiller and Filippo Sarvia