Irrigation and Water Management Strategies for Horticultural Systems: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Biotic and Abiotic Stress".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2026) | Viewed by 1379
Special Issue Editors
Interests: safe agricultural utilization of brackish water and reclaimed water resources with agronomic regulation measures; study on control technologies for soil secondary salinization
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Interests: advanced wastewater treatment; reclaimed water irrigation; biological contaminants (pathogens, ARGs and cyanotoxin genes) in wastewater
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Interests: microirrigation; integrated water and fertilizer; high efficiency water saving technology; irrigation technology and equipment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Following the tremendous success of the first edition of the “Irrigation and Water Management Strategies for Horticultural Systems” Special Issue, a second edition is being launched.
Water is an essential element for plant growth and one of the main limited resources for agricultural development, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. During the past few decades, water use and water management have received more and more attention, considering the increase in water demand and the limited water supply, especially for the agricultural sector, which is the largest water consumer. Irrigation and water management are also important for salt regulation in saline soil area. Moreover, alternative irrigation resources and unconventional water sources, such as brackish water and reclaimed water irrigation, are also receiving increasing attention.
This Special Issue provides a platform for the discussion of irrigation and the water utilization of plants, including how a well-planned irrigation schedule or management promotes plant growth, leaf photosynthetic capacity, grain and forage yield, quality, and water use efficiency, as well as production benefits.
This Special Issue invites original research, modelling approaches and methods, and reviews on water management strategies for horticultural systems. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) examinations of how plants efficiently perceive and take up water in the soil; (2) diagnosis of water deficiencies; (3) the effects of different water management practices on plant growth, dry matter accumulation and translocation, nutrient uptake, forage quality, yield, and water and fertilizer use efficiencies; (4) optimized irrigation practices, cropping systems, and agronomic strategies for improving water use efficiency; (5) the plant response to water and salt stress; (6) unconventional water resource utilization in horticultural systems; (7) and research on secondary salinization and its prevention and control in facility horticultural soil.
Dr. Chuncheng Liu
Dr. Bingjian Cui
Dr. Qibiao Han
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- irrigation
- water management
- soil moisture
- plant growth
- water use efficiency
- brackish water
- reclaimed water
- secondary salinization
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