Irrigation Management for Sustainable Soil and Plant Health
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Physiology and Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 166
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biosaline agriculture; managed aquifer recharge; climate change and adaptability; desalination in agriculture; wastewater treatment and reuse
Interests: crop breeding; genome data analysis; mapping QTLs/genes; breeding for resistance
Interests: soil and water science and management; salt affected soils; saline agriculture; waste management; applications of treated wastewater; hydroponic system; controlled agriculture; soil–water–plant relations
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Irrigation is an ancient practice with the sole purpose of increasing crop yield. The percentage of irrigated agriculture varies significantly by region. Globally, irrigated land accounts for a significant portion of agricultural output, contributing to around 40% of total agricultural output despite covering only 20% of cultivated land. In some arid countries, almost all agriculture is made possible with irrigation. Even in high-rainfall countries like Bangladesh, 89% of land is under irrigation. In recent years, new issues such as soil health (e.g., salinity, acid soil, heavy metal build up, water logging, long-term soil fertility, plant resilience, nutrient leaching causing groundwater pollution) and environmental sustainability (e.g., greenhouse gas emissions, water conservation, ecosystem sustainability) are discussed in the context of irrigation management. There are other issues attracting attention, such as deficit irrigation; irrigation with greywater, treated wastewater, salty water, oil-production water and low-quality water; the use of technology, especially satellites and drones, in irrigation scheduling; and irrigation in controlled environment agriculture. These issues will be the focus of this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Mushtaque Ahmed
Dr. Sovetgul Asekova
Dr. Ahmed Al-Busaidi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- crop improvement
- deficit irrigation
- irrigation with low-quality water
- bioinformatics
- environmental adaptation
- soil health
- GHG emissions
- controlled environment agriculture
- biosaline agriculture
- treated wastewater irrigation
- use of drones and satellites in irrigation management
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