Irrigation in the Earth system

S McDermid, M Nocco, P Lawston-Parker… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Irrigation accounts for~ 70% of global freshwater withdrawals and~ 90% of consumptive
water use, driving myriad Earth system impacts. In this Review, we summarize how irrigation …

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 …

Foliar Application of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Promotes Drought Stress Tolerance in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)

WM Semida, A Abdelkhalik, GF Mohamed… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Water shortage and salinity are major challenges for sustaining global food security. Using
nutrients in the nano-scale formulation including zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NP) is a …

Sustainable irrigation based on co-regulation of soil water supply and atmospheric evaporative demand

J Zhang, K Guan, B Peng, M Pan, W Zhou… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Irrigation is an important adaptation to reduce crop yield loss due to water stress from both
soil water deficit (low soil moisture) and atmospheric aridity (high vapor pressure deficit …

The changes in various physio-biochemical parameters and yield traits of faba bean due to humic acid plus 6-benzylaminopurine application under deficit irrigation

KMA Ramadan, HS El-Beltagi, TAA El-Mageed… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Implementing the deficit irrigation pattern has become a major strategy in crop production
systems. However, using less water than is required to irrigate crops is associated with …

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria improve growth, morph-physiological responses, water productivity, and yield of rice plants under full and deficit drip irrigation

TA Abd El-Mageed, SA Abd El-Mageed… - Rice, 2022 - Springer
Inoculating rice plants by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) may be used as a
practical and eco-friendly approach to sustain the growth and yield of drought stressed rice …

Yield and water productivity of crops, vegetables and fruits under subsurface drip irrigation: A global meta-analysis

H Wang, N Wang, H Quan, F Zhang, J Fan… - Agricultural Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid population growth and economic development, climate change and irregular
rainfall will inevitably intensify the competition of water resources, resulting in the reduction …

[HTML][HTML] Coupling effects of irrigation amount and fertilization rate on yield, quality, water and fertilizer use efficiency of different potato varieties in Northwest China

F Zhang, M Chen, J Fu, X Zhang, Y Li, Y Shao… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water shortage, excessive fertilization and improper variety selection have seriously
restricted the sustainable development of potato in Northwest China. Two-year field …

Physio-biochemical and agronomic responses of faba beans to exogenously applied nano-silicon under drought stress conditions

ESM Desoky, E Mansour, ESEA El-Sobky… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Nano-silicon application is an efficient novel approach to mitigate the deleterious impacts of
drought stress on field crops, which is expected to increase owing to climate change …

Enhancement of drought tolerance in diverse Vicia faba cultivars by inoculation with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria under newly reclaimed soil conditions

E Mansour, HAM Mahgoub, SA Mahgoub… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Water deficit has devastating impacts on legume production, particularly with the current
abrupt climate changes in arid environments. The application of plant growth-promoting …