Agricultural Water Management

1976 - 2026

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Volume 334, issue C, 2026

Simulating ecosystem water and carbon fluxes by integrating remote sensing indices with multiple machine learning models

Lixuan Sha, Zhifang Feng, Ting Zhang, Wenjie Quan, Keke Zhou and Jianzhu Li

Irrigation sequence regulates root-zone water-salt dynamics, growth kinetics, and yield formation of greenhouse tomato under saline-fresh water rotation

Lang Xin, Hairong Gao, Muradili Abulaiti, Songlong Hou, Yuqi Shen, Ziyi Zang, Yinkai Zhang, Yu Han and Xingpeng Wang

Divergent drivers of canopy and ecosystem water use efficiency in a drip-irrigated citrus orchard of a seasonal arid area in Southwest China

Mingdong Tan, Ningbo Cui, Qingyan He, Zhihui Wang, Liwen Xing, Lu Zhao, Ziling He, Daozhi Gong, Yu Feng and Shouzheng Jiang

Predicting emitter irrigation duration for optimized irrigation system operation: An interpretable multi-model ML approach with SHAP

Hui Wang, Pengliang Yang, Xiaotao Hu, Qianqian Zhu, Wene Wang and Xiaopeng Ma

Response of yield, water and fertilizer use efficiency of sweet potato to different drip fertigation regimes under mulching conditions in a humid region of East China

Jialu Dai, Wei Zhou, Yongqi Tang, Fengxin Wang, Jianyu Zhao, Shaoyuan Feng, Youliang Zhang, Bin Yang and Felix K. Abagale

Geographic complexity in Queensland irrigation water pricing: Spatial and temporal dynamics revealed by generalized additive models

Jaba Rani Sarker, John Rolfe and Delwar Akbar

Assessment of crop water stress under prevailing irrigation practice in Faisalabad, Pakistan using hyperspectral remote sensing

Habib Ur Rehman, Rooh Ul Muqeem Alvi, Muhammad Waseem, Muhammad Qasim, Salman Ali Suhail, Muhammad Rashid and Farnaz,

Corrigendum to “Investigating crop coefficients and water use patterns of mulched drip-irrigated peanut in northern Xinjiang via the dual crop coefficient methods” [Agric. Water Manag. 32 (2026) 110496]

Haiming Li, Lei Jiang, Xiaopei Zhang, Xiaojun Shen, Qiang Li, Yuchao Zhang, Junwei Chen, Jianshu Dong, Wenbo Zhang and Hao Liu

Metallurgical slag and biofertilizers for improving durum wheat growth and water productivity under deficit irrigation in semi-arid conditions

Farid Errouh, Chayma Ikan, Abdelhamid Aouabe, Naira Sbbar, Lahoucine Ech-Chatir, Nizar El Mazouni, Abdelilah Meddich, Julio Cesar Rodriguez, Hassan Chagiri, Hicham Khalisse, Brahim Oudra and Salah Er-Raki

Global meta-analysis of irrigation scheduling effects on water use efficiency, fruit quality, and yield in blueberry and strawberry

Jalal Bayar, Nawab Ali, Joshua VanderWeide and Younsuk Dong

UAV multispectral data and mixed-pixel segmentation for citrus water deficit diagnosis: Integrating spectral–texture features with machine learning for precision irrigation management

Zongjun Wu, HongZhao Shi, Liwen Xing, Shenglin Wen, Ningbo Cui, Wei Zhao, Yaosheng Wang, Quanshan Liu, Shidan Zhu, Lu Zhao and Rangjian Qiu

Melatonin priming enhances quinoa drought tolerance via coordinated water status, photosynthesis, and hormones

Maryam Samadi, Seyed Abdolreza Kazemeini, Fatemeh Razzaghi and Behnam Asgari Lajayer

Assessing the climatic effects and feedback mechanisms of large-scale crop irrigation using the improved WRF model

Haodong Deng, Yu Wang, Chaoqun Li, Qingming Wang, Fusheng Li, Dengming Yan, Xiaoxue Chen, Kai Hou, Mingkun Sun and Xie Lian

A novel approach for predicting soil water storage in agricultural areas: An optimized stacked ensemble model based on variational mode decomposition and empirical wavelet transform

Tianyu Sun, Liangliang Zhang, Dong Liu, Nan Sun, Xiaochen Qi, Mo Li, Muhammad Abrar Faiz, Tianxiao Li, Song Cui and Muhammad Imran Khan

The spatial distribution of farmland shelterbelts in desert oasis areas under water resource constraints: A study based on the SWAT model and scenario analysis

Xinna He, Yufei Ren, Qunou Jiang, Fan Zhang, Boyi Luo, Ranran Liu, Lu Wan and Wenxin Li

Soil vertical heterogeneity reduces rootzone soil moisture bias in hyper-resolution land surface model over smallholder agricultural systems

Vishnu U. Krishnan, Noemi Vergopolan, Bhupendra Bahadur Singh, J. Indu and Lanka Karthikeyan

Optimal scheduling of PV-storage irrigation pump truck by dynamic historical particle swarm optimization

Chi Zhang, Chun Xiang, Peijian Zhou, Heng Qian and Zhenhua Duan

Opportunities for bioenergy crops to support transitions from irrigated agriculture and conserve the U.S. High Plains Aquifer

Karthik Ramaswamy, Nazli Uludere Aragon and Tyler J. Lark

Early hyperspectral diagnosis of canopy water content for productivity-risk and water-management screening in rainfed winter oilseed rape

Ming Jin, Xiaolin Song, Yang Liu, Bohui Ma, Jiyan Wang, Aini Hao, Zhiying Liu, Zijun Tang, Youzhen Xiang and Fucang Zhang

Unintended consequences of water rights reform in China: Evidence from city-level groundwater sustainability in the Yellow River Basin

Guiliang Tian, Qiuya Zhao, Xuan Wu, Qin Zhou, Qing Xia, Qingqing Ban and Xuechun Wan

Spatially refined modeling for agricultural groundwater management in Northwestern China

Lin Gan, Litang Hu, Zhongjing Wang, Na Zhang, Guiyu Yang and Suyue Yu

Water productivity and irrigation water management practices: A study of the Arkansas Irrigation Yield 'Most Crop per Drop' Contest

Eva Stephani Caroline, Qiuqiong Huang, Christopher G. Henry, Shahin Bahrami and Gertrude Dotse Bampoe

Patterns of water-potassium transport in the root zone of drip irrigated jujube in Southern Xinjiang and their effects on yield

Chenyao Guo, Sulan Wang, Wei Qiang, Yingjie Ma, Chenzhi Yao, Jingwei Wu, Xinjian Guan, Peng Hou and Mengjie Hou

Harnessing multimodal UAV data and ensemble learning to improve estimation accuracy of winter wheat water content

Xinyu Li, Xiaohai Fang, Xiaobo Gu, Zhikai Cheng, Penglin Li, Yang Xu, Gengmin Jiang, Yunhui Niu and Yadan Du

Rotational canal scheduling in two oasis irrigation districts using a weighted composite objective and a sigmoid-adaptive genetic algorithm

Yu Dong, Hui Zhang, Jiayang Li, Miao Li, Pengcheng Luo, Jinzhu Zhang, Ningning Liu and Zhenhua Wang

Projected changes in water demand and potential water savings for US grown rice under alternate wetting and drying practice

Serhan Yeşilköy, David H. Fleisher, Sahila Beegum and Dennis Timlin

Tackling water scarcity through treated wastewater in Patagonian steppe: Carbon assimilation, water use and fruit traits in olive trees

Gisela A. Parra, Fabian G. Scholz, Sandra J. Bucci, Guillermo Goldstein and Nadia S. Arias

Remote sensing–based assessment of seasonal agricultural drought dynamics using the integration of soil moisture and vegetation health index in Waghimra Zone, Ethiopia

Mulat Amare Tshayu, Mohammed Habib Afkea and Min Xu

Stoichiometric variations of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in soil and drainage water in the Hetao Irrigation District, China: A comparison over a ten-year interval

Wei Ding, Wei Guo, Runan Pan, Xin Feng, Tiezhu Yan, Zhichao Xu, Lu Wen, Huamin Liu and Lixin Wang

Identification of key growth stages for cotton yield formation and SPAD response to irrigation thresholds using UAV multispectral data

Xin Zhao, Cong Shi, Haireati Gulibiya, Zhipeng Huang, Hang Wang and Wenqing He

Where drought matters most: A crop calendar-aware index for prioritizing irrigated agricultural drought hotspots in Italy

Lorenza Cappellato, Benedetta Moccia, Elena Ridolfi, Fabio Russo and Francesco Napolitano

Lag-aware integrated agricultural drought index using satellite precipitation products

Young-Sik Mun and Won-Ho Nam

Watershed-scale sustainable groundwater management using an agent-based modeling approach to policy interventions and stakeholder dynamics

Yuzheng Wang, Fatemeh Arjaneh, Maryam Javansalehi and Mojtaba Shourian

Comparative assessment of actual evapotranspiration partitioning models over an irrigated citrus orchard using remote sensing, agrometeorological, and micrometeorological data

D. De Caro, O. Merlin, V. Rivalland, V. Simonneaux, G. Boulet, M. Ippolito, F. Capodici, C. Cammalleri and G. Ciraolo

Revisiting soil infiltration and its controls after long-term intensive agricultural management in contrasting soils

Wenhui Zhao, Ji-fu Ma, Zihuan Fu, Weiwen Qiu and David Baird

Legume-grass mixture synergistically boosts production, water use, and resilience in water-stressed artificial grasslands

Yuanbo Jiang, Yanxia Kang, Minhua Yin, Guangping Qi, Yanlin Ma, Yayu Wang, Haiyan Li, Wenjing Yu, Boda Li, Yujie Shang, Jiapeng Zhu, Jinxi Chen, Junxian Chen and Yanbiao Wang

Rising dominance of vapor pressure deficit and carbon dioxide in vegetation drought on the Loess plateau

Ai Wang, Xuerui Gao, Zeyu Zhou, Jichao Wang, Yalong Li and Xining Zhao

Predicting cotton yield and optimizing irrigation scheduling from coupled soil water–salinity dynamics

Qi Chen, Wanzi Hu, Junshuai Hao, Qiang Zuo, Jianchu Shi, Yuchuan Fan, Xun Wu and Alon Ben-Gal

Assessment of agricultural water-saving potential in arid regions based on an integrated sustainable management framework

Ziyi Zan, Changming Cao, Weifeng Yue, Xianyue Li, Tingxi Liu, Kun Wang and Hangzheng Zhao

Sustained water supplementation alters nutrient allocation strategies in a fast-growing plantation forest: Implications for dynamic water-nutrient management

Kai Wang, Yafei Wang, Mark Coleman, Dehai Zhao, Zhelin Ji, Yunxiang Fan, Changjun Ding, Ye Wang, Benye Xi and Ximeng Li

Alfalfa-winter wheat rotations stabilize yields and maintain soil water sustainability under precipitation variability

Hong Ni, Houkun Chu, Zhixin Zhang, Xingfa Lai and Yuying Shen

Optimizing irrigation strategies for wheat–maize rotation in the North China Plain under future climate Scenarios: Balancing water use, yield, and carbon intensity

Mengyu Cai, Honghang Zhang, Yutong Xiao, Mengdi Ji, Yabei Zhang, Yiwen Lin, Yuexian Tang, Taisheng Du, Manoj Shukla and Shichao Chen

Multi-scale assessment of irrigation water use and supply in the Amibara Irrigation Scheme, Ethiopia using Landsat-derived evapotranspiration and field data

Kirubel Mekonnen, Mulugeta Tadesse, Naga Manohar Velpuri, Mohammed Abdella, Mengistu Dessalegn, Mansoor Leh, Komlavi Akpoti, Afua Owusu, Ashenafi Likessa and Abdulkarim Seid

Yield–water trade-offs of deficit irrigation in wheat in China: A meta-analysis across irrigation-reduction intensities and production levels

Jiayu Ma, Xi Xiao, Baozhong Yin, Liying Guan, Yuqiao Lv, Sitian Wang, Xiaoyuan Bao and Wenchao Zhen

Moderate substitution with organic fertilizer and crushed straw increases maize yield and water productivity by improving soil water-nitrogen coordination

Jingwen Xu, Hao Feng and Dong, Qin’ge

Synergistic effects of rated flow rate and sediment size distribution on clogging in pressure-compensating emitters: Mechanism analysis

Li Cao, Jinshan Li, Na Li, Wang, Wen’e, Qianxi Li, Xiaotao Hu and Liming Yu

Life cycle assessment of water-saving irrigation in rice-crab co-culture: Water use, energy demand and emissions

Tianyi Wang, LiLi Jiang, Junyan Zhang, Chengxin Feng, Nan Sun, Chong Du and Tangzhe Nie

UAV-based multispectral inversion models for soil moisture content across the whole growth cycle of mung bean using SHAP interpretation

Yihui Li, Fushun Wang, Xinxin Wang, Renqiang Chen, Huiyan Gao, Xiaoling Wang, Tida Ge, Zhipeng Yue, Zehao Zhou and Hongquan Liu

Drought-flood abrupt alternation in the Haihe Plain: Synoptic circulation patterns and yield impacts on summer maize

Siyuan Dai, Qi Zhang, Jinchen Wang, Qian Yang and Rangjian Qiu

Water resources under climate change: Strategies for sustainable agriculture in Colombia

Muhammad Muzammil, Lutz Breuer, Umar Farooq, Natasha Frank, Björn Weeser and Alicia Correa

Computational configuration of an agricultural irrigation rainwater harvesting system in karst regions based on drought characteristics

Jiyi Gong, Shengtian Yang, Hezhen Lou, Ming Tang, Chengcheng Gao, Xueyong Huang, Cheng Feng and Chen Li

Study and application of the profile-attenuation-based standardized soil moisture index

Ziyi You and Wei Pei

Irrigation accelerated vegetation greening in China

Chenguang Zhao, Aizhong Ye, Xiaohong Zeng and Lingyun Wu

Modeling maize productivity and N2O emissions under surface and subsurface drip fertigation in current and future climates

Huan Liu, Guillermo Guardia, Grant Brian, Smith Ward, Budong Qian, Jørgen E. Olesen and Diego Abalos

Ridge-furrow mulching with microbial co-inoculation reshapes the maize rhizosphere microbiome to enhance water and nitrogen use efficiency

Xuemei Hu, Haofei Zhang, Yinghui Cao, Yu Chen, Yifei Sun, Siyuan Wang, Chang Liu, He Sun, Chun Chen, Gehong Wei and Weimin Chen

Incorporating drainage discharge into the trade-off between economic maize gains and nitrogen leaching loss using farmers’ utility function

Mohammad Tirgari, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi and R. Daren Harmel