The remarkable complexity of soil and its importance to a wide range of ecosystem services
presents major challenges to the modeling of soil processes. Although major progress in soil …

Soil salinity and sodicity are major concerns in agricultural systems, threatening plant growth
in the short term and soil health in the long term. Despite these risks, use of marginal quality …

The irrigation districts of the upper Yellow River basin face a progressive reduction of water
allocation and the need to apply water-saving practices due to increasing water scarcity. The …

Saline water irrigation represents the future of agriculture in the arid regions of northwestern
China. Therefore, saline water irrigation experiments for spring maize were performed for 3 …

Sustainable development of agriculture is restricted by fresh water shortage and water
quality deterioration in some arid and semi-arid areas. Therefore, deficit irrigation and saline …

Abstract Development and testing of reliable tools for simulating rice production in salt-
affected areas are presented in this paper. New functions were implemented in existing crop …

Crop modelling has played an important role in formulating agricultural policies and
measures to reduce yield losses. In this study, an effort was made to evaluate the SWAP …

Using simulation models is a strategy in agricultural water use management and an effective
way in predicting effect of irrigation management and water quality on crop yield provided …

Abstract Soil–Water–Atmosphere–Plant (SWAP) model fails to consider the impacts of
plastic film mulching on soil moisture and heat regimes, and crop growth and yield. In this …

Film mulching has been widely applied in arid and semi–arid areas around the world.
Current models simulating the process of water, heat, and crop growth generally neglect or …