Agricultural Water Management

1976 - 2026

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Volume 331, issue C, 2026

Use of optical-microwave scintillometry to validate a thermal energy balance model for an olive orchard in Morocco

J. Ezzahar, A. Chehbouni, H. Bargauche, M. Kharrou, J. El Farkh, S. Er-Raki, S. Khabba, B. Ait Hssaine and O. Hartogensis

Enhancing piston-type fertilizer injection pump performance through check valve optimization

Shaoxuan Kang, Jun Ouyang, Yaojun Li and Haijun Yan

Exploring institutional innovation in groundwater sharing: Driving market-led farming systems in Coastal Odisha, India

Surajit Haldar, Debdutt Behura, Ernst-August Nuppenau, Sk Mahidur Rahaman, Smita Susovita, Archana Raghavan Sathyan and Christoph Funk

Modeling phosphorus retention in vegetative filter strips with concentration flow mechanisms: A case study in Northeast China

Qi Cui, Yang Ou, Liming Yan, Shujiang Pang and Baixing Yan

Integrating planting structure, yield performance, and water productivity to identify sustainable agricultural pathways

Tiancheng Liu, Honghang Zhang, Shichao Chen, Manoj Shukla and Taisheng Du

Grazing enhances nitrogen and water productivity by promoting the coupling of nitrogen and water in sown pastures in inland arid region

Shanning Lou, Yarong Guo, Jiao Ning, Wanhe Zhu and Fujiang Hou

A novel integrated model for quantifying agricultural water resource utilization efficiency under carbon neutrality: Regional assessment, spatiotemporal heterogeneity and influencing factors analysis

Yiqing Jia, Xiaohua Yang, Zhenyao Shen, Weiqi Xiang, Hui Chen, Meishui Li, Dehui Bian, Yan Li and Yu Lu

Rising vapor pressure deficit threatens maize water productivity in the Yellow River Basin under climate warming

Wei Chen, Hui Ju, Xin-Zhong Liang, William D. Batchelor and Xintong Wang

Alternative evaluation method for multi-source soil moisture datasets: In-situ monitoring network or triple collocation?

Shuai Liu, Jinqian Xia, Yang You, Ziye Zhou, Xianglong Wei and Yanqing Yang

Short-term physiological recovery and yield response of hedgerow olive orchards after prolonged water stress

Marta Sánchez-Piñero, María José Martín-Palomo, Alfonso Moriana, Pedro Castro-Valdecantos and Mireia Corell

Water-nitrogen management optimizes soil and microbial stoichiometry to regulate microbial carbon use efficiency and winter wheat root morphology

Jiabei Li, Jie Pang, Chenxiao Duan, Siya Wang, Tianyi Qu, Shikun Sun, Jianrui Liu, Hao Dong, Dongmei Zhao and Ting Bai

Organic substitution improves saline–sodic soils: Field evidence linking soil sodicity, structure and water status

Yu Cheng, Tibin Zhang, Jiankang Tong, Yuxin Kuang, Qing Liang, Yuefei Xie and Hao Feng

Simulating maize responses to climate change using a set of agroclimatic indicators in a maize-producing region of Portugal

Daniela Soares, Paula Paredes, Teresa A. Paço and João Rolim

Research on the fairness and risk transmission mechanisms of interprovincial virtual water flows in China

Zheng Cui, Caizhi Sun, Juemei Wu, Yiwen Sun and Danni Yue

Spatiotemporal evolution and driving mechanisms of cropland soil salinity in the irrigated area of the Manas River Basin based on random forest model

Liqiang Shen, Jiahao Zhao, Tuodi Wang, Chenglong Yao, Jiaxin Hao, Zengyi Cheng, Yuejian Wang and Xinfeng Zhao

Effects of different mulching practices on soil hydrothermal conditions and productivity of rainfed apple orchards in the Western Loess Region of Shanxi, China

Guangyuan Wei, Yuguo Han, Wenqiu Liu and Ruoshui Wang

Water–potassium interactions determine potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) yield and water productivity: Evidence from response surface modeling and PLS-PM structural equation analysis

Zhangkai Wang, Juan Chen, Quanguo Liu, Sabeeqa Usman Malik, Liaoyuan Ma, Yannian Li, Qiang Wang, Wei Zhang, Zhijun Li, Xueyan Zhang, Fucang Zhang and Youzhen Xiang

Assessing the factors controlling rising groundwater levels by combining agricultural modelling with reactive transport modelling

Lucy Reading and David Lockington

Optimizing irrigation for cherry tomato under elevated temperature and CO2: Integrating physiology, economic benefits and water-use efficiency

Daiwei He, Tianjiao Wang, Zepeng Zhang, Mengyan Jiang, Rui Li, Ai Zhen and Zhi Zhang

Corrigendum to “Revealing spatiotemporal patterns of fertilizer use and agricultural non-point source pollution in smallholder farming watersheds of mountainous and hilly areas” [Agric. Water Manag. 322 (2025) 109950]

Lichen Lang, Zhihui Li, Hongkuan Zang, Xing Gao, Feng Wu, Wang Deng and Ya Gao

Divergent responses of crop yields to meteorological and agricultural drought characteristics

Hui Wang, Xiaohan Lin, Peichao Gao, Sijing Ye, Delin Fang, Yuanhui Wang, Min Zhao and Changqing Song

Uncertainty and performance of remote sensing-based irrigation water use estimates

Fatemeh Khamseh and Mohammad Danesh-Yazdi

Reducing uncertainty of evapotranspiration products across China under extreme climatic conditions using flux-tower observations and machine learning

Long Qian, Lifeng Wu, Jifa Lyu, Xingjiao Yu, Yaokui Cui, Xiaofei Yang, Yanfu Liu, Zilong Li, Xiaogang Liu, Jiang Bian, Junying Chen and Zhitao Zhang

SAFER and remote sensing-based water use efficiency assessment for enhancing water security in Punjab, Pakistan

Adeel Ahmad Nadeem, Muhammad Afzal, Zeeshan Zafar, Zhang Chuanwei, Muhammad Umair, Ying Guo, Yuanyuan Zha and Yanjun Shen

Optimizing irrigation and nitrogen management enhances yield, resource efficiency, and fruit quality in global citrus systems: A meta-analysis

Weiqi Zhang, Shijiang Zhu, Wei Qin, Aihua Sun, Hu Li, Kun Hao and Yun Zhong

Rhizobacteria-induced soil biochemical and hydrological modifications improve medicinal plant productivity under water deficit and elevated CO2

Wen Hui Yan, Charles Wang Wai Ng and Pui San So

A novel framework for gap-filling meteorological time series data

Doaa E. El-Agha, Mohamed H. Elgamal, Tamer A. Gado and Mohammed A. Atiea

Deep-injected straw incorporation enhances soil quality and buffers wheat yields against water deficit

Weibao Yu, Zhitong Wang, Yu Wu, Deqiang Zhao, Xiaohe Li, Yiping Xu, Zixi Liu, Jun Ling, Shunli Zhou, Xingmao Yuan and Yuan Wen

Corrigendum to “A novel ANN-feature-enhanced nested machine learning method for soil salinity retrieval from Landsat data” [Agric. Water Manag. 329 (2026) 110369]

Quanqing Feng, Chesheng Zhan, Shi Hu, Zhonghui Lin, Chaoyang Du, Xin Cao, Huimin Meng and Junzhe Zhang

Does nitrogen and phosphorus addition alter water use traits of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis (Carrière) J. Houz.) forest in the fast-growing period in subtropical China?

Yuelin He, Chuanxu Luo, Dehai Zhao, Wenhui Shi, Lei Jiang, Xiao Wu, Jinming Liu, Xiangmei Cao, Shufeng Wang, Meiman Zhang and Yeqing Ying

Balancing yield, quality, and resource efficiency in potato production: A global meta-analysis identifies an optimal deficit irrigation and fertilization strategy

Lihua Liu, Youliang Peng, Feilong Jie, Kun Hao, Yalin Gao and Fangyuan Shen

Combined effects of water-retaining agents and deficit irrigation on alfalfa resilience, irrigation water productivity, and economic returns

Jing Zhang, Tian Peng Li, Yuan Zhen Zhou, Wen Liu Zhang, Xin Yue Zhu and Yan Li

Comparison of water-saving and yield-enhancing performance between static and dynamic variable rate irrigation management for winter wheat

Yongjing Zhang, Cong Chen, Weixia Zhao and Ran Hou

Stratified modeling with layer-adaptive weighted fusion for multi-layer soil moisture prediction in saline arid farmlands

Junjie Xu, Yilei Yu, Lihu Yang, Xin Wei, Shiqin Wang, Bingxia Liu and Yamin Shi

Crop-specific differentiation between irrigated and rainfed fields using HLS optical and Landsat thermal time series

Mabood Farhadi Machekposhti, Brian G. Leib, Shuhua Xie, Qiusheng Wu, Hannah V. Herrero and Daniel Yoder

Measurement of sap flux density using a single probe through a lumped capacitance method

Fuyun Lu, Yang Wu, Zhi Zhao, Yuying Ma, Qinghua Pan, Yuping Zhang, Dongye Lu, Xijian Yang and Wei Wang

Volume 330, issue C, 2026

An inexact mathematical programming approach for sustainable development of the agricultural irrigation system – The Talimu River Irrigation District in Northwest China

Yunquan Zhang and Peiling Yang

Derivation of crop yield response factor (Ky) based on satellite data and machine learning methods

Aryan Heidari Motlagh, Shadman Veysi, Amir Soltani Mohammadi and Abd Ali Naseri

Benchmarking sugarcane irrigation management practices in Sub-Saharan Africa

Jerry Knox, Mavuto Banda and Tim Hess

Assessment of soybean response to irrigation variability in eastern Nebraska using the AquaCrop model

Anmol Singh, Saleh Taghvaeian, Yufeng Ge, Derek Heeren and Frank Bai

Drip irrigation and integrated amendments drive soil–crop system improvements in calcareous soils

Lamy M.M. Hamed, Abdullateef M. Al Saeed, Radwa Bakr, Khaled G. Abdel Azim, Mohamed M. El-Mogy and Eman I.R. Emara

Corrigendum to “Simulating mediterranean rice paddies’ water balance under climate change scenarios” [Agric. Water Manag. 328 (2026) 110313]

Ricardo Sorando, Seonggyu Park, Jaehak Jeong, Carles Sanchis-Ibor and Fracisco A. Comín

Seed priming with melatonin improves yield and water productivity of winter wheat under limited irrigation at field scale

Chengcheng Dai, Qianyi Wang, Tongtong Miao, Ruiting Yang, Shichao Liu, Nan Li, Ruiqi Li and Dongxiao Li

Splash erosivity under maize canopy as affected by droplet landing angles of sprinkler irrigation

Zhongrui Zhu, Delan Zhu, Quanli Zong and Qing Liu

Regulated deficit irrigation induces compensatory growth in Tibetan barley by optimizing growth dynamics

Shangwen Wang, Tao Jin, Yinding Zhang, Jun Peng, Quanping Sun, Zexiu Wei, Alasa,, Xuan Wen, M. Rajendran, Enke Liu and Xurong Mei

Assessment of optimization scenarios using WEAP model for irrigation water management: A case study of Jhelum-Chenab command irrigation system

Muhammad Muneeb Khan, Muhammad Kaleem Sarwar, Muhammad Rashid, Muhammad Sayyam Asif and Saif Haider

Combined organic-inorganic fertilization mitigates emitter clogging in brackish water drip irrigation systems

Zeyuan Liu, Ting Cai, Bagen Temuer, Xiaoluo Zhang, Long Hai, Qi He, Quan Shi, Kai Huang, Yanan Ren, Tiankai Han, Yunkai Li and Ruihong Yu

Reclaimed water combined with targeted nutrient management improves water and fertilizer use efficiency in greenhouse cultivation of Anthurium andraeanum

Amanda Ramos Gasparini and Claudinei Fonseca Souza

Characteristics of snow drought in China and its propagation mechanism to agricultural drought

Ping Xue, Zhaoqiang Zhou, Yanlu Yue, Xiaochen Qi, Yibo Ding, Haiyun Shi, Mo Li, Muhammad Abrar Faiz, Tian Wang and Peng Chen

The potential of optimized crop-livestock systems to achieve phosphorus water quality targets in China: A city-scale analysis

Zhijian Wu, Zhen Zhou, Haijiao Du, Wei Wan, Jinqi Zhu, Han Liang and Bofu Zheng

A coupled hydrologic-agroeconomic modeling framework to evaluate adaptive irrigation strategies under groundwater withdrawal restrictions

Pandara Valappil Femeena, Kathryn Daenzer, Steve Frolking, Danielle Grogan, Jeffrey Nucciarone, Katherine Calvin, Richard B. Lammers and Karen Fisher-Vanden

Agricultural water savings and productivity responses to groundwater governance in the North China Plain

Yanying Wang, Xianzhi Wang, Hongkuan Hui and Kang Pian

Mechanisms of soil structure degradation and water movement impediment induced by residual plastic film under long-term mulched cotton cultivation

Wenhao Li, Shuanglong Gao, Jinzhu Zhang, Jinru Zhu, Tehseen Javed and Zhenhua Wang

A parametric bio-economic model of monthly irrigation water demands in the Murray-Darling Basin

Neal Hughes, Maruge Zhao and Rhys Downham

Machine learning–based spatiotemporal mapping and risk zoning of soil salinization in an arid inland river basin: A case study of the Weigan River Basin, northwestern China

Yongpeng Wang, Pengnian Yang, Long Zhou, Huanbo Wang and Zhipeng Li

Dynamic prediction and attribution of farmland evapotranspiration across year types

Haonan Sun, Jiahao An, Yuping Lei, Juan Shen, Fan Liu, Xiaojun Dou, Yanjun Shen and Yucui Zhang

Feasibility of subsurface drip irrigation for agricultural utilization of biogas slurry: A practice for arid regions in Northwestern China

Siyu Chen, Jian Yang, Yang Xiao, Bo Zhou, Teng Wen, Jiading Zhang and Yunkai Li

Seasonal dynamics of water source use and multi-objective precision irrigation optimization for greenhouse rose cut-flower cultivation

Junen Wu, Lang Wei, Zhuojun Miao, Feng Cheng, Ruifang Wang, Zhilong Su, Lei Zhao and Fan Zhao

Advancing irrigation strategies for wheat production in Morocco: Combining AquaCrop model and optimization techniques

Oumaima Kaissi, El Houssaine Bouras, Salwa Belaqziz, Lamia Jallal, Abdelghani Chehbouni and Salah Er-Raki

Optimization of water-saving redistribution of crop selection, industry and environment based on Bayesian algorithm

Jian Qin, Yongpeng Tong, Muhammad Arsalan Farid, Heng Zhang, Hao Tian, Xinlin He, Lianqing Xue, Yi Li, Fadong Li, Yongli Gao, Guang Yang and Bing Liu

Field-relevant evidence of nanobubble irrigation on trace element fractionation under intensive greenhouse cultivation in Almería (SE Spain)

F. del Moral, R. Hernández, A.J. Aguirre, D. Meca, J. Rato-Nunes and M. Sierra

Evaluation of soil salt dynamics in an arid sunflower field with crop-season drip and spring pre-sowing irrigations

Zhixin Zhen, Xianyue Li, Jirí Šimůnek, Jun Wang, Yuehong Zhang, Shuhao Guo and Rui He

Nutritional management strategies with mulch covering materials to improve water productivity, blueberry yield, and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in semi-arid regions

Haixing Zhang, Shahzad Ali, Liyu Yang, Gang Pang, Muhammad Sajid, Mohamed E. Assal and Mohammed Rafi Shaik

Optimizing plastic film mulching and organic-inorganic fertilization improves grain yield and water productivity of rainfed spring maize by ameliorating soil conditions

Guangxin Zhang, Xiangyang Wang, Zhongmin Cai, Yanan Jiao, Liqun Bao, Yufeng Lv, Dehao Zhao, Xiaoxia Wen, Juan Han, Yan Zhang and Yuncheng Liao

Human activities confirmed as the dominant driver of vegetation productivity changes in China from 1982 to 2018

Aifeng Lv, Fan Shu, Xianglei Yang, Wenxiang Zhang, Taohui Li, Pengfei Yin and Bingyue Wen

Surface soil moisture and land surface temperature as constraints for multi-objective calibration of a dual-source SVAT model over semi-arid irrigated winter wheat

Hiba Ait Ben Ahmed, Jamal Ezzahar, Salah Er-Raki, Saïd Khabba, Olivier Merlin, Jamal Elfarkh, Zaineb Bouswir, Safaa Bouljihel, Ghizlane Aouade and Abdelghani Chehbouni