The non-judicious use of water at the farm level in traditional irrigation application methods
is a present-day concern across the world that can be resolved by enhancing application …

One of the problems of optical remote sensing of crop above-ground biomass (AGB) is that
vegetation indices (VIs) often saturate from the middle to late growth stages. This study …

Sprinkler irrigation has been widely used for winter wheat crops in the North China Plain
(NCP) to maintain high crop yield and enhance water use efficiency because water …

Excessive agricultural inputs meet food demand only at a huge environmental cost, and
optimized management strategies are needed to promote the balanced development of food …

Fertigated areas of wheat and maize in the North China Plain (NCP) have grown rapidly
during recent years, but little information is available on the effects of different nitrogen (N) …

Abiotic stress strongly affects yield-related traits in durum wheat, in particular drought is one
of the main environmental factors that have effect on grain yield and plant architecture. In …

The lack of good irrigation practices and policy reforms in Pakistan triggers major threats to
the water and food security of the country. In the future, irrigation will happen under the …

The conventional sprinkler irrigation time calculation does not consider current soil moisture,
leading to inadequate or excess irrigation due to daily weather changes. In present study, a …

The dynamics of floret initiation/abortion has been explored widely; however, the
mechanisms of increasing floret fertility at anthesis in wheat production remain unclear. In …

China is the second largest irrigated country in the world. Increasing irrigation intensity costs
more water and energy, and produces more greenhouse gas (GHG). In the present study …