Yield gap and resource utilization efficiency of three major food crops in the world–A review

L RONG, K GONG, F DUAN, S LI, Z Ming… - Journal of integrative …, 2021 - Elsevier
Yield gap analysis could provide management suggestions to increase crop yields, while
the understandings of resource utilization efficiency could help judge the rationality of the …

Grain yield, actual evapotranspiration and water productivity responses of maize crop to deficit irrigation: A global meta-analysis

MGB Allakonon, S Zakari, PG Tovihoudji… - Agricultural Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Deficit irrigation (DI) has been implemented in arid regions to improve water productivity
while maintaining or increasing crop yield. In this study, we carried out a global scale meta …

Development of smart irrigation systems based on real-time soil moisture data in a greenhouse: Proof of concept

R Liao, S Zhang, X Zhang, M Wang, H Wu… - Agricultural Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
A reasonable estimation of crop water uptake depth (WUD) provides vital prerequisites for
determining scientific irrigation scheduling. However, real-time acquisition of crop WUD to …

Agricultural water and land resources allocation considering carbon sink/source and water scarcity/degradation footprint

H Wu, S Guo, P Guo, B Shan, Y Zhang - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
There is an urgent need for scientific management of agricultural water and land resources
to cope with global warming and water shortages. Therefore, a stochastic multi-objective …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient iot-based control for a smart subsurface irrigation system to enhance irrigation management of date palm

M Mohammed, K Riad, N Alqahtani - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Drought is the most severe problem for agricultural production, and the intensity of this
problem is increasing in most cultivated areas around the world. Hence improving water …

Intercrop** forage cactus and sorghum in a semi-arid environment improves biological efficiency and competitive ability through interspecific complementarity

AMRF Jardim, TGF da Silva, LSB de Souza… - Journal of Arid …, 2021 - Elsevier
The intercrop** systems of species adapted to conditions of water deficit, such as
sorghum (Sorghum spp.) and forage cacti (Nopalea spp. and Opuntia spp.), can contribute …

[HTML][HTML] Hyperspectral vegetation indices to assess water and nitrogen status of sweet maize crop

M Colovic, K Yu, M Todorovic, V Cantore, M Hamze… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
The deployment of novel technologies in the field of precision farming has risen to the top of
global agendas in response to the impact of climate change and the possible shortage of …

Building climate resilience in degraded agricultural landscapes through water management: A case study of Bundelkhand region, Central India

KK Garg, R Singh, KH Anantha, AK Singh… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rainfall variability and water scarcity continue to hamper the food and income security of
smallholder farming systems in poverty-affected regions. Innovations in soil and water …

Deficit subsurface drip irrigation improves water use efficiency and stabilizes yield by enhancing subsoil water extraction in winter wheat

MD Yang, SJ Leghari, XK Guan, SC Ma… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the temporal and spatial patterns of soil water extraction and their impacts on
growth response of winter wheat to deficit subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) conditions is …

Effect of plant growth regulators and deficit irrigation on canopy traits, yield, water productivity and fruit quality of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) grown in the water …

GC Wakchaure, PS Minhas, KK Meena, S Kumar… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Deficit irrigation (DI) and plant growth regulators (PGRs) have strategic role for sustaining
crop productivity and mitigating water stress in drought prone areas. However, their impacts …