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Sound irrigation and nitrogen management strategies are necessary to achieve sustainable yield and water use efficiency of winter wheat in the North China Plain (NCP). The coupled effects of irrigation scheduling and the nitrogen application mode (NA...

Wheat is a staple crop widely sown in Northwest China, and understanding and modelling evapotranspiration (ET) during the wheat-growing stage is important for irrigation scheduling and the efficient use of agricultural water resources. In this study,...

Reducing irrigation and nitrogen fertilizer application while maintaining crop yields is crucial for sustainable agriculture in the North China Plain. To investigate the effects of irrigation and nitrogen application on above-ground nitrogen accumula...

Agricultural soils are major anthropogenic sources of N₂O emissions. The application of nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) has been proved to be an effective management measure to mitigate N₂O emissions. However, the influe...

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether combining plastic-covered ridge and furrow planting (RF) and supplemental irrigation based on measuring soil moisture (SIMSM) can increase the grain yield and water use efficiency (WUE) of wheat (T...

The coupling of remote sensing technology and crop growth models represents a promising approach to support crop yield prediction and irrigation management. In this study, five vegetation indices were derived from the Copernicus-Sentinel 2 satellite...

Winter wheat covers approximately 2.21 × 10⁸ ha globally, making it the most widely cultivated cereal crop in the world. In recent years, integrated water and fertilizer management has significantly improved winter wheat yield and nitrogen use...

Irrigation scheduling, coupled with the use of biofertilizers, constitutes an effective management strategy to overcome soil drought. This study aimed to assess the individual and combined effects of three selected biofertilizers—(R) Bacillus s...

To investigate the effect of nitrogen (N) application on the carbon metabolism and yield of flag leaves and grains of spring wheat under drip irrigation in Xinjiang, a split-zone design was adopted from 2020 to 2021, with strong-gluten wheat, Xinchun...

Timely and accurate judgment of the nitrogen nutritional status of crops is the key to develop an optimal nitrogen application strategy. However, the evaluation criteria of nitrogen nutrition and nitrogen application strategies at each growth stage o...

Irrigation has been pivotal in sustaining wheat as a major food crop in the world and is increasingly important as an adaptation response to climate change. In the context of agricultural production responding to climate change, improved irrigation m...

Excessive application of fertilizers in drip-irrigated wheat production can suppress yields, lower nutrient utilization efficiency, and lead to economic and environmental issues such as nitrogen residues in the soil. Based on a recommended fertilizer...

For improving water scarcity and groundwater pollution from agriculture, two-year experiments (2011–2013) with three water levels (0.3, 0.5 and 0.8 evaporation (E) in 20-cm-diameter pans) and four nitrogen (N) levels (120, 140 and 190 kg·ha⁻¹ in 201...

Background: Consumer demand for organic spelt wheat has increased rapidly and production has expanded into semi-arid regions, where it was not traditionally grown. Methods: Here, we report the results of a factorial field experiment designed to compa...

Reclaimed water irrigation can effectively alleviate the shortage of water resources in arid and semi-arid areas; however, reclaimed water contains organic pollutants that may enter the agricultural production environment through irrigation, such as...

The southern part of the Hebei Province is one of China’s major crop-producing regions. Due to the continuous decline in groundwater level, agricultural water use is facing significant challenges. Precision agricultural irrigation management is...

Use of saline water for irrigation is essential to mitigate increasing agricultural water demands in arid and semi-arid regions. The objective of this study is to address the potential of using straw biochar as a soil amendment to promote wheat produ...

Irrigation practices and nitrogen (N) addition play pivotal roles in wheat production, and their rational coordination can significantly enhance N, phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) use efficiency and yield of wheat. However, the comprehensive effect...

In many areas of the world, water shortages prevail and threaten food production. Deficit irrigation was commonly investigated in dry areas as a precious and sustainable production approach. Using the CropSyst model to simulate the effects of differe...

Wheat is one of the most important cereal crops in Egypt and all over the world. Its productivity is adversely affected by drought due to deficient irrigation to provide nutrients required for plant growth. In a field experiment, silicon foliar appli...

Wheat is a staple food consumed by the majority of people in the world and its production needs to be doubled to feed the growing population. On the other hand, global wheat productivity is greatly affected due to drought and low fertility of soil un...

This study investigates the impact of climate variability on wheat production in Algeria’s semi-arid interior plains from 2014 to 2024, aiming to curb the challenges of rainfed wheat cultivation, optimize irrigation, and improve water productiv...

Water scarcity and poor irrigation practices limit crop productivity and increase greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in arid Northwest China. Therefore, we investigated the effects of five growth stage-based deficit irrigation strategies on the yield, qu...

With the swift progression of the High-Standard Farmland Construction Program in China and worldwide, many dryland wheat fields can be irrigated once during the wheat growth stage (one-off irrigation). However, the combined strategies of one-off irri...

The development of water demand analysis methodologies to maintain agricultural crops at an optimal production level, in relation to current climate changes, is a necessity for many geographical areas. The methodology used uses CROPWAT 8.0 software,...

Ground-level ozone (O₃) pollution is known to adversely affect the production of O₃-sensitive crops such as wheat. The magnitude of impact is dependent on the accumulated stomatal flux of O₃ into the leaves. In well-irrigated plants, the leaf pores (...

Crops grown on salt-affected soils may experience physiological drought stress, ion toxicity, and mineral shortage, resulting in lower growth and output. Salinity is the most important abiotic factor limiting crop development and output globally. Imp...

The North China Plain (NCP) is the major winter wheat producing area in China. Abandonment of this crop has, however, become more and more prevalent in this region since the late 1990s. Although the underlying causes of this phenomenon remain little...

Drip irrigation is a water-saving and fertilizer-saving application technology used in recent years, with which the frequency of drip irrigation nitrogen application has not yet been determined. In order to investigate the effects of different drip i...

Optimized water-saving irrigation (WSI) practices are critical for enhancing resource use efficiency and ensuring sustainable wheat production in water-scarce regions. This meta-analysis quantitatively assessed the effects of various WSI methods on w...

Irrigation practice, tillage method, and nitrogen (N) management are the three most important agronomic measures for wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production, but the combined effects on grain yield and wheat physiological characteristics are still po...

More than one-third of the global population relies on wheat as a staple food. To ultimately reduce inorganic nitrogen (N) usage through applying an organic fertilizer under drip irrigation and evaluate its effect on the yield, quality, and N utiliza...

The sprinkler irrigation method has been widely used in agricultural fields due to its high water productivity and microclimate regulation traits. Quantitative analysis of the water distribution of sprinkler irrigation water by considering canopy inf...

The freshwater deficit is the major constraint to winter wheat production. Saline water irrigation could alleviate wheat water stress while increasing the risk of soil salinization, which would result in wheat yield reduction due to additional salt s...

Understanding spatial and temporal dynamics of soil water within fields is critical for effective variable rate irrigation (VRI) management. The objectives of this study were to develop VRI zones, manage irrigation rates within VRI zones, and examine...

Water scarcity is a key limitation to winter wheat production in the North China Plain, and it is essential to explore the optimal timing of spring irrigation to optimize N and Si uptake as well as to safeguard yields. The aim of this study was to sy...

A long-term field experiment was conducted from 2002 to 2014 for the evaluation of yield and water productivity of three winter wheat varieties—Kharkof, Scout 66, and TAM107—under sprinkler irrigation at New Mexico State University Agricu...

To advance site-specific management of soil volumetric moisture content (VMC), this study analyzed the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics of soil VMC using the method of sequential Gaussian simulation (SGS) during the different growth stages o...

This study aimed to investigate the legacy effects of prolonged brackish irrigation on rhizobacterial communities and agricultural productivity in wheat. Here, we conducted pot experiments to investigate the mechanisms through which different irrigat...

Water management is critical for wheat production under extreme drought conditions, and the mechanisms by which root dynamics and soil water utilization affect wheat yield are uncertain. This study was conducted in 2023–2024 under a mesophilic...

Saline water irrigation has been considered a useful practice to overcome the freshwater shortage in arid and semi-arid regions. Assessing and scheduling the appropriate irrigation water amount, salinity, and timing is essential to maintaining crop y...

In the North China Plain, drip irrigation is gradually used in winter wheat production, and the improper management of water and fertilizer aggravates the risk of crop instability and groundwater pollution. A lysimeter experiment with three levels of...

This study aimed to systematically evaluate the effects of different nitrogen application rates and irrigation practices on water-saving and yield enhancement in winter wheat production in the North China Plain (NCP) using a meta-analysis. By quantif...

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,...

To develop optimal management strategies for water and nitrogen fertilizer application in winter wheat cultivation, we conducted a potted experiment to investigate the effects of different irrigation levels and nitrogen fertilizer treatments on the a...

The Hetao Plain Irrigation District of Inner Mongolia faces critical agricultural sustainability challenges due to its arid climate, exacerbated by tightening Yellow River water allocations and pervasive water inefficiencies in the current wheat cult...

This study aims to investigate the effects of an optimized sowing calendar for wheat over a surface irrigation scheme in the semi-arid region of Haouz (Morocco) on irrigation water requirements, crop growth and development and on yield. For that, a s...

Drip irrigation can reduce water and fertilizer use; however, the frequency of topdressing required for drip irrigation for wheat in the Huang-Huai-Hai region is still unclear. Through two continuous wheat season field experiments, yield related trai...

Predicted decrease in water availability for crop production and uncertainty in climatic conditions require devising the irrigation strategies to increase water use efficiency (WUE) for sustainable crop production. The development of crop cultivars w...

The Hetao Irrigation District in Inner Mongolia is a major spring wheat production region in China. To synergize high wheat yield, water conservation, and carbon emission reduction in this region, a 2023 and 2024 field experiment was conducted. This...