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The contradiction between increased irrigation demand and water scarcity in arid regions has become more acute for crops as a result of global climate change. This highlights the urgent need to improve crop water use efficiency. In this study, four i...

The development of irrigation schedules based on water balance implies a study of daily plant water requirements. A properly selected irrigation method is also of most importance. The objective of this study was to find out how surface drip irrigatio...

Hetao Irrigation District (HID) is one of the main regions for maize and sunflower production in North China. However, water resource shortages and soil salinization greatly limit maize and sunflower production. The surface irrigation method is the m...

A dual crop coefficient approach was validated experimentally to estimate evapotranspiration of drip-irrigated summer maize with partial mulch and no mulch in an arid region in Aksu, Xinjiang, China, during 2016–2017. In this study, five treatm...

Identifying irrigation strategies that improve agricultural water use efficiency (WUE) have a pivotal role to play in sustainable water development. In this study, the AquaCrop model was used to examine the impact of different irrigation scheduling o...

A two-year experiment was conducted with a local maize hybrid under full (F) and deficit (D) drip irrigation and rainfed conditions (R) to estimate maize evapotranspiration in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Three approaches, namely, A&P, SIMDualKc...

To ensure food security, integrated mulching and irrigation practices are widely used in arid maize fields. Mitigating climate change is vital for sustainable agricultural development. Yet, few studies have examined how different mulching and irrigat...

Drip irrigation systems are becoming more and more mature, and are presently extensively applied to increase crop yield and water use efficiency. In order to investigate the effects of irrigation quota on maize growth, the grain yield, and the water...

In addition to the weather conditions, agronomic practices can have a major influence on maize crop yield and contamination with mycotoxins. In this work, the effect of different irrigation systems (flood vs. sprinkler irrigation), sprinkler irrigati...

Maize is a water-intensive crop widely cultivated in temperate regions, where irrigation practices strongly influence its environmental performance. This study applies Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to compare the environmental impacts of surface and dr...

The summer maize area of Huang-Huai-Hai is the main summer maize production area in China, droughts occur frequently during the growth period of summer maize and irrigation water resources are scarce in this region. This paper studied the adaptabilit...

Appropriate irrigation schedules could minimize the existing imbalance between agricultural water supply and crop water requirements (ET_c), which is severely impacted by climate change. In this study, different hydrological years (a wet year, normal...

Summer maize (Zea mays L.) is a widely cultivated crop in the arid and semi-arid Guanzhong region of China. However, due to the spatial and temporal variation in rainfall, the seasonal maize yield varies substantially and occasionally is not economic...

Maize is a plant of a global cultivation range and great economic importance, which is mainly due to its high yield potential and versatile use as food, fodder, and energy source. To evaluate the effects of drip irrigation and nitrogen fertigation on...

Maize is one of the most highly produced crops around the world. Factors such as population density, solar radiation, temperature, availability of nutrients and water, and proper tillage method can have favorable results in increasing yield. This pro...

Under the semiarid climate of the Southwest United States, accurate estimation of crop water use is important for water management and planning under conservation agriculture. The objectives of this study were to estimate maize water use and water pr...

The increase in irrigated maize plantings in Northern China has increased the demand for irrigation water in the region, resulting in chronic water shortages in drier years. Efficient irrigation and water use are essential for the sustainable develop...

Brackish water has been widely used to irrigate crops to compensate for insufficient freshwater water supply for agricultural use. The goal of this research was to determine an efficient brackish water use method to increase irrigation efficiency and...

Groundwater depth has a significant impact on salinization in irrigated areas. In this study, different groundwater depths were controlled via pit tests and we conducted pit tests with different groundwater depths (DGWs) to investigate the relationsh...

Water scarcity is the most significant constraint for grain production in the North China Plain (NCP). Water-saving irrigation technology is a valuable tool for addressing the NCP’s water scarcity. Drip irrigation is considered as one of the mo...

In arid regions, irrigation scheduling optimization is efficient in coping with the shortage of agricultural water resources. This paper developed a simulation–optimization model for irrigation scheduling optimization for the main crop in an ar...

Maize production in the arid and semi-arid regions of northwest China is limited by water scarcity, while the abundance of brackish water highlights the opportunity for its effective and sustainable utilization. A 2-year field experiment (2022–...

Water scarcity in arid regions poses a severe threat to agricultural sustainability, necessitating optimized irrigation strategies. This study investigates the cumulative impacts of long-term irrigation deficits on soil quality, microbial diversity,...

Water resource shortages restrict the economic and societal development of China’s arid northwest. Drawing on groundwater resources for irrigation, field experiments growing seed maize (Zea mays L.) were conducted in 2013 and 2014 in the region...

Water and nitrogen are crucial for producing spring maize. Currently, irrigation and fertilization systems often rely on a single indicator, resulting in inefficient practices. This study aims to determine an optimal nitrogen application rate for sha...

Saline groundwater irrigation is an important way to alleviate the shortage of fresh water resources. In order to find a reasonable saline irrigation method for farmland, an irrigation experiment was conducted with fresh water and saline water at the...

Planting patterns and irrigation amounts are key factors affecting maize yield. This study adopted a two-factor experimental design, with planting pattern as the main plot and irrigation amount as the subplot, to investigate the effects of irrigation...

Sustainable development of saline water irrigation was restricted in HID (Hetao Irrigation District) by serious yield reduction and severe salt accumulation without an effective irrigation schedule. Field experiments were carried out to study the eff...

Increasing water-use efficiency by optimizing planting density and irrigation regimes in maize is crucial for food security under limited water resources. In this study, six plant densities (6.0, 7.5, 9.0, 10.5, 12.0, and 13.5 × 10⁴ plants ha^&m...

Grain moisture influences grain number formation during the critical period as well as determining the final grain weight during the grain-filling period in maize (Zea mays L.). To clarify the relationships between grain number, grain weight, and gra...

Improvement in water use efficiency of crops is a key component in addressing the increasing global water demand. The time and depth of the soil water monitoring are essential when defining the amount of water to be applied to irrigated crops. Precis...

This study was conducted to predict the grain yield of a maize crop from easy-to-measure growth parameters and select the best treatment combinations of biochar, inorganic fertilizer, and irrigation for the maize grain yield and water use efficiency...

The aim of this study was to explore the effect of sowing methods and deficit irrigation on weed dynamics, yield and water-use efficiency (WUE) of the maize–cowpea system during the summer and monsoon seasons, respectively. The field experiment was c...

The winter wheat and summer maize double cropping system is the primary cropping pattern for wheat and maize in dryland areas of China. The management of tillage in this system is typically conducted before wheat sowing. However, few studies have val...

We investigated the effects of variety, planting density, and irrigation amount on grain yield, water-use efficiency (WUE), and evapotranspiration (ETc). The trial was conducted in Tong Liao, Inner Mongolia, from 2021 to 2022, with compact variety Di...

Water and nitrogen are fundamental factors for maintaining yield stability and achieving efficient resource utilization in wheat–maize rotation systems. Based on 131 publications indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection from 2010 to 2025,...

Drip irrigation has a close relationship with the growth and development of maize grains and yield formation in semiarid areas. To explore the response mechanism of grain yield formation to drip irrigation quotas, a 2-year pond planting experiment wa...

Inappropriate irrigation conditions and nitrogen application can negatively affect soil carbon–nitrogen content and yield of maize, as well as can lead to underground water pollution and soil degradation. A two year (2018, 2019) field experiment was...

As global populations grow and environmental constraints intensify, improving agricultural water management is essential for sustainable food production. Traditional irrigation methods often lack adaptability, leading to inefficient water use. Reinfo...

While irrigation is generally required for most summer crops in the Mediterranean region, increasingly scarce water supplies are leading to a demand for more efficient irrigation infrastructure. Here, we assess how three irrigation volumes—100...

Salt damage affects crop yields and wastes limited water resources. Implementing water-saving and salt-controlling strategies along with amendments can enhance crop productivity and support the development of salinized soils towards. In this study, w...

Water scarcity in arid regions increases the need for technologies to improve water productivity. The integrated effects of plastic film mulching and water stress on grain maize under conventional and alternate furrow irrigation methods are still poo...

Quantitative assessment of crop water-use efficiency (WUE) is an important basis for high-efficiency use of agricultural water. Here we assess the WUE of maize in the Hetao Irrigation District, which is a representative irrigation district in the ari...

Crop simulation models have a pivotal role to play in evaluating irrigation management strategies for improving agricultural water use. The objective of this study was to test and validate the AquaCrop model for maize under deficit irrigation managem...

Assessing the impact of planting methods and irrigation levels is needed to determine the effects on maize root morphological traits, grain yield, and water productivity in semi-arid regions. A study was initiated on maize (Zea mays L.) from 2015 to...

In light of climate change and limited water resources, optimizing water usage in agriculture is crucial. This study models water productivity to help regional planners address these challenges. We integrate CROPWAT-based reference evapotranspiration...

To investigate the effect of aerated irrigation on the soil environment and yield in the root zone of maize, and to provide a basis for the extension of aerated irrigation, a 2-year experiment (2020–2021) was conducted at the Zhanjiang National...

This study aimed to simulate dynamic irrigation management zones (MZs) in two maize fields for a variable rate hose reel fertigation machine (VRFM) with a four-section boom control. Soil moisture content was measured from nine and four soil moisture...

To examine evapotranspiration (ET_c), soil evaporation (E_s), and transpiration (T_r), and partitioning of ET_c, a two-year field experiment was carried out in a maize field with drip irrigation under mulch in an arid region of northwestern China in 2017...

To address the growing scarcity of freshwater resources, the use of saline water for agricultural irrigation is gaining increasing attention. This study presents findings from a two-year field experiment conducted during the 2023 and 2024 maize-growi...