Water-Saving and Stress-Resilient Cropping Systems for Sustainable Productivity in Water-Limited Agricultural Regions
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Innovative Cropping Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2027 | Viewed by 73
Editors
Interests: crop stress ecophysiology; precision agriculture; sustainable cropping systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water-limited agricultural regions are facing increasing challenges due to climate change, water scarcity, soil degradation, and more frequent abiotic stresses, all of which threaten crop productivity and the long-term sustainability of agricultural systems. Developing water-saving and stress-resilient cropping systems has become a key strategy for improving resource-use efficiency while maintaining stable yields and ensuring food security.
This Special Issue aims to highlight recent advances in sustainable cropping systems for arid, semi-arid, and seasonally drought-prone agricultural regions. We welcome studies that improve our understanding of integrated crop, soil, water, and nutrient management, as well as innovative approaches for enhancing crop resilience and productivity under water-limited conditions. Topics of interest include water-saving irrigation, conservation agriculture, crop rotation and intercropping, crop physiology and digital technologies supporting sustainable crop production.
In particular, we seek original research articles, review papers, meta-analyses, and perspectives that contribute to sustainable productivity, water-use efficiency, climate resilience, and integrated management of both staple and cash crops.
Dr. Xiaoyuan Bao
Dr. Cai Zhao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water-saving agriculture
- stress-resilient cropping systems
- sustainable productivity
- water-limited regions
- resource-use efficiency
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