Agricultural Water Management

1976 - 2025

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Volume 314, issue C, 2025

The potential of irrigation for cereals production in Sub–Saharan Africa: A machine learning application for emulating crop growth at large scale

Ana Klinnert, Marco Rogna, Ana Luisa Barbosa, Pascal Tillie and Edoardo Baldoni

Evaluation of DRAINMOD for simulating phosphorus and nitrogen loss from a subsurface drained field in northcentral Ohio, USA

Manal H. Askar, Mohamed A. Youssef, Kevin W. King and Vinayak S. Shedekar

Grafting wild rootstocks as a climate-resilient strategy to enhance productivity, quality and tolerance in eggplant under variable water stress induced by deficit irrigation

G.C. Wakchaure, Dharmendra Kumar, Satish Kumar, B.J. Gawhale, Kamlesh K. Meena, Chetankumar Prakash Sawant, D.K. Singh, Suresh Kumar Paramasivam and P.S. Minhas

Irrigation but not fertilization increases yields and N2 fixation in organic faba bean in temperate climates

Lars Dietrich, Chantal Syrovy, Thomas F. Döring, Rüdiger Jung, Stefan Siebert and Daniel Neuhoff

Climate change promotes shifts of summer maize yield and water productivity in the Weihe River Basin: A regionalization study based on a distributed crop model

Wenxin Xie, Hui Ran, Anni Deng, Kunhao Jiang, Han Ru, Ning Yao, Jianqiang He, Tehseen Javed and Xiaotao Hu

Field-scale evaluation of low-elevation and mobile drip irrigation systems

Masoumeh Hashemi, Matt Yost and Jonathan Holt

Supply and demand of agricultural water resources under future saline-alkali land improvement

Peng Qi, Bo Li, Dequan Zhang, Haipeng Xu and Guangxin Zhang

Assessment of saline water irrigation on biomass and quality of alfalfa: A sustainable agriculture perspective

Boyuan Lou, Yanzhe Hu, Teng Li, Qingsong Liu, Jintao Wang, Xinliang Dong, Liu Tian, Xuejia Zhang, Wenxin Bian, Tong Liu, Menghao Zhao and Hongyong Sun

An optimization framework for multi-year planning of land and water allocation

Raphael Linker and Isaya Kisekka

Root zone soil moisture mapping at very high spatial resolution using radar-derived surface soil moisture product

Nadia Ouaadi, Abdelghani Chehbouni, Emna Ayari, Bouchra Ait Hssaine, Jamal ElFarkh, Michel Le Page, Salah Er-Raki and Aaron Boone

Use of the VegSyst v3 model to simulate seasonal dry matter production, uptake of nutrients, and evapotranspiration in a greenhouse soilless tomato crop in Tuscany

Giulia Carmassi, Susanna Cialli, Fatjon Cela, Esteban Baeza Romero, Marisa Gallardo and Luca Incrocci

Precipitation increase enhanced the positive effect of nitrogen addition on soil N2O emissions by promoting soil nitrogen transformation and plant productivity in saline-alkaline grassland of Northern China

Huajie Diao, Wenli Xu, Jingjing Wang, Wenjun Liang, Yangyang Gao, Gaoliang Pang, Yicong Chen, Jianyu Wang, Yuxin Huang, Jie Hao, Changhui Wang, Xiang Zhao and Kuanhu Dong

Evaluating denitrification performance and microbial com-munities in sorghum stalk-based systems: Optimal conditions for nitrate removal

Zhilong Wang, Jun Xie, Guangjun Wang, Zhifei Li, Kai Zhang, Yun Xia, Jingjing Tian, Hongyan Li, Wenping Xie and Wangbao Gong

Water constraint mitigation and agricultural productivity: Evidence from the China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project

Zehui Wang and Jianhui Xie

Carbon incentives and farm economics: A study of peatland drainage optimization

Janne Rämö, Domna Tzemi, Antti Miettinen, Henrik Wejberg and Heikki Lehtonen

Assessment framework for water-suitable planting patterns of economic tree species in arid areas

Chao Xu, Wei Kong, Dongmei Zhao, Ting Bai, Fei Gao, Xiaobo Luan and Shikun Sun

Assessing economic and hydrological effects of water-saving irrigation using a coupled SWAT–MODFLOW–AquaCrop model

Shiruo Hu, Yueting Ding, Shibo Cui, Yingjia Li and Jianshi Zhao

Biochar amendment mitigates negative effects of controlled irrigation on paddy soil structure: Insights from micro-pore network analysis

Jiazhen Hu, Shihong Yang, Wim M. Cornelis, Qian Huang, Suting Qi, Zewei Jiang, Haonan Qiu and Yi Xu

Global multi-model projections of green water scarcity risks in rainfed agriculture under 1.5 °C and 3 °C warming

Lorenzo Rosa and Liyin He

Rethinking the modernization of pressurized networks: Lessons from a case study in the Gharb (Morocco)

Abla Kettani, Ricardo Aliod, Marcel Kuper, Abdelilah Taky, Sami Bouarfa and Ali Hammani

Impact of irrigation on cropland yield potential and scenario-based optimization in Northeast China

Jiahui Li, Xinliang Xu, Luo Liu, Xiaojuan Deng and Shihao Wang

Inversion of citrus SPAD value and leaf water content by combining feature selection and ensemble learning algorithm using UAV remote sensing images

Quanshan Liu, Fei Chen, Ningbo Cui, Zongjun Wu, Xiuliang Jin, Shidan Zhu, Shouzheng Jiang, Daozhi Gong, Shunsheng Zheng, Lu Zhao and Zhihui Wang

Assessing crop water deficiency for regional adaptation to climate change

Séverin Yvoz, Martin Lechenet, Philippe Amiotte-Suchet, Thierry Castel, Elisa Betting and Marjorie Ubertosi

Non-destructive method using UAVs for high-throughput water productivity assessment for winter wheat cultivars

Na Liu, Qingshan Liu, Zimeng Liu, Yang Lu, Zongzheng Yan and Liwei Shao

Long-term mulched drip irrigation enhances cotton yield by improving soil quality, microbial community structure, and N conversion

Wenhao Li, Shuanglong Gao, Wenying Qu, Junfeng Li, Tehseen Javed, Shih-Hsin Ho and Zhenhua Wang

Water scarcity- and carbon footprints of aquafeed: The case of land-based and ocean-based Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) farming in Iceland

Clara M. Vásquez-Mejía, María Gudjónsdóttir, Hildur Inga Sveinsdóttir, Heiðdís Smáradóttir, Guðrún S. Hilmarsdóttir, Alessandro Manzardo and Ólafur Ögmundarson

Effects of root growth on salt leaching and soil structure improvement in saline soils: A case study of Suaeda salsa

Yanyan Wang, Tongkai Guo, Changyan Tian, Ke Zhang, Zhenyong Zhao, Xiaomin Mao and Wenxuan Mai

Estimating root zone soil moisture in farmland by integrating multi-source remote sensing data based on the water balance equation

Xuqian Bai, Shuailong Fan, Ruiqi Li, Tianjin Dai, Wangye Li, Sumeng Ye, Long Qian, Lu Liu, Zhitao Zhang, Haorui Chen, Haiying Chen, Youzhen Xiang, Junying Chen and Shikun Sun

Volume 313, issue C, 2025

Variance-based sensitivity analysis of climate variability impact on crop yield using machine learning: A case study in Jordan

Yingqiang Xu, Abeer Albalawneh, Maysoon Al-Zoubi and Hiba Baroud

Corrigendum to “Optimized fertilizer management strategy based on ridge–furrow planting pattern enhances dryland wheat yield and water utilization on the Loess Plateau” [Agric. Water Manag. 311 (2025) 109391]

Jun Xing, Guojun Liu, Wenbo Zhai, Tong Gou, Zuoyan Zhou, Ai Hu, Kai Zhang, Dong Bai, Aixia Ren, Zhiqiang Gao and Min Sun

Irrigation combined with organic fertilizer could promote the environmental health of soil available nutrients and improve the functional activity of saponins in Panax Notoginseng

Yunfei Tuo, Chunyan Xie, Shaojun Wang, Ping Xiang, Qiliang Yang and Xiahong He

Circulation water and solute mass balance model for the rice growing area on the right bank of the lower Guadalquivir River valley

Blanca Cuadrado-Alarcón, Luciano Mateos, Sébastien Guéry and Helena Gomez-Macpherson

CornSoyWater, a web application for irrigation decision support on corn and soybean

Chengchou Han, Haishun Yang, Dharmic Payyala, Tiyuan Xia, Jiani Liu, Yongfu Zhang, Lixin Yin, Zhen Ren, Ye Chen, Yuan Su, Liling Mo, Yuyu Zhang, Yu Zhong, Xiaoxu Bi, Jianbin Li and Yong Chen

Irrigation scheduling of an almond orchard using the water balance and remote and proximal sensing

Rafael Orozco-Moran, Jose A. Jimenez-Berni, Elias Fereres and Francisco Orgaz

Mild water deficit during maturity reduces cracking rate of greenhouse muskmelon while improving fruit quality

Qimin Xue, Hao Li and Taisheng Du

Real-time monitoring of soil moisture in cotton fields using electromagnetic induction technology

Yang Gao, Quanze Hu, Jiaojiao Hui, Lin Chang, Mei Zeng and Qingsong Jiang

Assessing seasonal forecast performance to predict crop irrigation requirements to support water management decision-making in the Mediterranean region

Daniel Garcia, João Rolim, Maria do Rosário Cameira, Gilles Belaud, Nicolas R. Dalezios, George Karoutsos, João A. Santos and Paula Paredes

Predicting the risk and trigger thresholds for propagation of meteorological droughts to agricultural droughts in China based on Copula-Bayesian model

Cuiping Yang, Changhong Liu, Xuguang Xing and Xiaoyi Ma

Uptake and profitability of small-scale irrigation in the Sahel: insights from the literature and survey data

Amy Faye and Joachim von Braun

Czech farmers' perspectives on sustainable agriculture and water management: Implications for climate change adaptation

Marek Bednář, Renata Pavelková, Patrik Netopil and Bořivoj Šarapatka

The biophysical and crop yield effects of irrigation and their changes in China’s drylands

Shuangshuang Zi, Yan Li, Jingwen Zhang, Chengcheng Hou, Huiqing Lin, Zhengjie Xu, Shan Sang, Jinwei Dong and Bojie Fu

Optimal cropping patterns and intertemporal groundwater usage under extraction constraints in Oklahoma’s panhandle

Lixia H. Lambert, Yiqing Yao and Lucia R. Levers

Rice cultivation can mitigate soil salinization and alkalization by modifying the macropore structure in saline–sodic paddy fields

Wei Peng, Xiangming Zhu, Wenjuan Zheng, Qingyang Xie, Mingming Wang and Enhua Ran

The coupled model of water delivery and distribution regulation for single-canal pool systems

Ke Zhou, Yu Fan, Zhanyi Gao, Haorui Chen, Xinrong Zheng, Yun Yang and Jie Liu

How do cognitive biases influence farmers' participation in water conservation at Lake Urmia? Insights from social norms theory

Davood Amin Fanak, Rohollah Rezaei and Mukhtar Hashemi

Surface-subsurface modeling of water dynamics in drained and farmed wetlands in the prairie pothole region

Alejandro Gomez, Antonio Arenas and Keith E. Schilling

Social capital and behavioral response to water scarcity: Sustainable agriculture policies pathways for adopting dry direct-seeded rice

Moslem Savari, Mohammadamin Ghezi and Homa Molavi

Hazard assessment of compound drought and heat events on summer maize from agricultural and meteorological perspectives

Qing Li, Peijuan Wang, Yang Li, Junxian Tang, Xin Li, Yuanda Zhang, Dianchen Han, Qi Wang, Yuncheng Zhao and Zaiqiang Yang

Correction of crop water deficit indicators based on time-lag effects for improved farmland water status assessment

Yujin Wang, Zhitao Zhang, Yinwen Chen, Shaoshuai Fan, Haiying Chen, Xuqian Bai, Ning Yang, Zijun Tang, Long Qian, Zhengxuan Mao, Siying Zhang, Junying Chen and Youzhen Xiang

Quantifying evapotranspiration and crop coefficients of California 'Hass' avocado affected by various environmental and plant factors

Aliasghar Montazar, Ben Faber, Dennis Corwin, Alireza Pourreza and Richard L. Snyder

Changes in root growth and water uptake contribute to the yield and water productivity improvement in winter wheat during the past three decades: A case study in the North China Plain

Haotian Li, Na Liu, Liwei Shao, Xiuwei Liu, Hongyong Sun, Suying Chen and Xiying Zhang

Effects of biochar from different pyrolysis temperatures on soil physical properties and hydraulic characteristics in potato farmland of arid and semi-arid regions

Jiawei Guo, Hui Zhou, Liguo Jia, Yongqiang Wang and Mingshou Fan

Relationship of vegetation stand age to soil water dynamics and use in artificial shrublands and grasslands in a semiarid region

Chenggong Liu, Xiaoxu Jia, Lidong Ren, Chunlei Zhao, Xiao Bai and Shao, Ming’an

Quantifying future climate impacts on maize productivity under different irrigation management strategies: A high-resolution spatial analysis in the U.S. Great Plains

Ikenna Onyekwelu, Sam Zipper, Stephen Welch and Vaishali Sharda

Water and heat resource utilization influence cotton yield through sowing date optimization under varied climate

Hamad Khan, Nangial Khan, Zeeshan Khan, Han Yingchun, Yang Beifang, Lei Yaping, Zhi Xiaoyu, Xiong Shiwu, Shang Shilong, Ma Yunzhen, Jiao Yahui, Lin Tao and Yabing Li

Accounting for biomass water equivalent variations in soil moisture retrievals from cosmic ray neutron sensor

Samer K. Al-Mashharawi, Susan C. Steele-Dunne, Marcel M. El Hajj, Martin Schrön, Claude Doussan, Dominique Courault, Trenton E. Franz and Matthew F. McCabe

Modeling soil water and salinity dynamics in mangrove swamp rice production system of Guinea Bissau, West Africa

Gabriel Garbanzo, Maria do Rosário Cameira, Paula Paredes, Marina Temudo and Tiago B. Ramos

Coordination of abscisic acid and hydraulic signals in stomatal closure and yield of soybean genotypes with varying isohydry under different water conditions

Sanwei Yang, Haixia Zhang, Yi Jin, Neil C. Turner, Jiayin Pang, Yinglong Chen and Jin He

Endophytic fungi enhance drought tolerance in Fagopyrum tataricum: Insights into flavonoid biosynthesis and photosynthetic pathways

Yujie Jia, Qiqi Xie, Jiwen Tao, Yixin Chen, Yixuan Qi, Hongying Zhu, Tongliang Bu, Xinyu Zhang, Yirong Xiao, Zhao Chen, Qingfeng Li, Zizhong Tang and Ming Yuan

Assessing sustainable water management in a resource-scarce environment (Ghana, West Africa) via the Analytic Hierarchy Process

Mattas Konstadinos, Georgiou Pantazis, Lazaridou C. Dimitra, Mattas Christos, Nastis A. Stefanos, Seddaiu Giovanna, Kombiok James Mantent, Adjebeng-Danquah Joseph and Ramson Adombilla

Collaborative solutions for agricultural water pollution in smallholder economies: Farmers and local governments unite

Yong Sun, Xiaomin Huang, Buhailiqimu Paerhati and Kan Zhou

Evaluation of the LI-710 evapotranspiration sensor in comparison to full eddy covariance for monitoring energy fluxes in perennial and annual crops

Srinivasa Rao Peddinti and Isaya Kisekka

Adaptation strategies for deficit irrigation management under extreme climate conditions

Kelechi Igwe, Ikenna Onyekwelu and Vaishali Sharda