Due to the declining availability of freshwater resources to agricultural systems especially in
arid and semi-arid regions, marginal quality water resources (eg, brackish or saline water) …

Utilizing brackish water for irrigation is a key strategy for mitigating water-use conflicts across
industries and promoting sustainable agriculture. Understanding the emission patterns and …

Context Salt leaching has been widely applied to increase crop production in saline-alkaline
soils. However, leaching patterns affect the ionic composition of saline-alkaline soils and …

Irrigation agriculture, which is commonly applied in the arid area in Northwest China, faces
multiple threats, including drought, shortage of freshwater supply to irrigation districts and …

Saline water is widely used as an alternative water resource for agriculture to overcome the
freshwater shortage in arid and semiarid regions. But long-term using of the saline water for …

Context Brackish water irrigation poses a threat to the sustainability of irrigated dryland crop
systems, making it essential to identify effective water and nutrient management regimes to …

Drip irrigation and brackish water irrigation are considered to be the two main ways to
alleviate the current shortage of agricultural freshwater resources and have been widely …

Salt accumulation in irrigated lands is an intercontinental environmental issue that adversely
influences the sustainable land use, agricultural land productivity and global food security …

Mulched drip irrigation using saline water has the potential to alleviate pressure on crop
production from limited freshwater resources in arid and semi-arid regions. To explore the …

Although unconventional water can be applied as an alternative for agricultural production,
inappropriate irrigation water quality may adversely affect the soil crop system. Thus, field …