Soil water balance models for determining crop water and irrigation requirements and irrigation scheduling focusing on the FAO56 method and the dual Kc approach

LS Pereira, P Paredes, N Jovanovic - Agricultural water management, 2020 - Elsevier
This study reviews soil water balance (SWB) model approaches to determine crop irrigation
requirements and scheduling irrigation adopting the FAO56 method. The K c-ET o approach …

Crop evapotranspiration estimation with FAO56: Past and future

LS Pereira, RG Allen, M Smith, D Raes - Agricultural water management, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper No 56 on Crop Evapotranspiration has
been in publication for more than 15 years. The paper advanced the accuracy and …

Standard single and basal crop coefficients for field crops. Updates and advances to the FAO56 crop water requirements method

LS Pereira, P Paredes, DJ Hunsaker… - Agricultural Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study reviews the abundant research on FAO56 crop coefficients, published following
introduction of the FAO56 paper in 1998. The primary goal was to evaluate, update, and …

Irrigation scheduling approaches and applications: A review

Z Gu, Z Qi, R Burghate, S Yuan, X Jiao… - Journal of Irrigation and …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
In an effort to improve plant growth and to achieve high yield and/or quality, irrigation
scheduling (IS) seeks to provide plants with appropriate quantities of water at appropriate …

Impact of agricultural land use in Central Asia: a review

A Hamidov, K Helming, D Balla - Agronomy for sustainable development, 2016 - Springer
Agriculture is major sector in the economy of Central Asia. The sustainable use of
agricultural land is therefore essential to economic growth, human well-being, social equity …

Prediction of crop coefficients from fraction of ground cover and height. Background and validation using ground and remote sensing data

LS Pereira, P Paredes, F Melton, L Johnson… - Agricultural Water …, 2020 - Elsevier
The current study aims at reviewing and providing advances on methods for estimating and
applying crop coefficients from observations of ground cover and vegetation height. The …

Modeling and assessing field irrigation water use in a canal system of Hetao, upper Yellow River basin: Application to maize, sunflower and watermelon

D Ren, X Xu, Y Hao, G Huang - Journal of hydrology, 2016 - Elsevier
Water saving in irrigation is a key issue in the upper Yellow River basin. Excessive irrigation
leads to water waste, water table rising and increased salinity. Land fragmentation …

Implementing the dual crop coefficient approach in interactive software. 1. Background and computational strategy

RD Rosa, P Paredes, GC Rodrigues, I Alves… - Agricultural Water …, 2012 - Elsevier
Irrigation planning and scheduling require the availability of modeling tools that are
accurate, quick and easy to use. The crop coefficient (Kc)-reference evapotranspiration (ET) …

A review of strategies, methods and technologies to reduce non-beneficial consumptive water use on farms considering the FAO56 methods

N Jovanovic, LS Pereira, P Paredes, I Pôças… - Agricultural water …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the past few decades, research has developed a multitude of strategies, methods and
technologies to reduce consumptive water use on farms for adaptation to the increasing …

Partitioning evapotranspiration, yield prediction and economic returns of maize under various irrigation management strategies

P Paredes, GC Rodrigues, I Alves, LS Pereira - Agricultural water …, 2014 - Elsevier
Several maize field experiments, including deficit and full irrigation, were used to assess
irrigation impacts on yields. The SIMDualKc water balance model was first calibrated and …