Critical knowledge gaps and research priorities in global soil salinity

JW Hopmans, AS Qureshi, I Kisekka, R Munns… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Approximately 1 billion ha of the global land surface is currently salt-affected, representing
about 7% of the earth's land surface. Whereas most of it results from natural geochemical …

A review of remote sensing applications in agriculture for food security: Crop growth and yield, irrigation, and crop losses

L Karthikeyan, I Chawla, AK Mishra - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
The global population is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050. There is an exponential
growth of food production to meet the needs of the growing population. However, the limited …

[HTML][HTML] 25 years of the WOFOST cropping systems model

A De Wit, H Boogaard, D Fumagalli, S Janssen… - Agricultural systems, 2019 - Elsevier
The WOFOST cropping systems model has been applied operationally over the last 25
years as part of the MARS crop yield forecasting system. In this paper we provide an …

Soil as a filter for groundwater quality

SD Keesstra, V Geissen, K Mosse, S Piiranen… - Current Opinion in …, 2012 - Elsevier
The filtering function of soil is an important ecosystem service for groundwater and surface
water protection. The efficiency of soils as a filter depends on the behaviour of pollutants in …

[HTML][HTML] Fine-scale prediction of biomass and leaf nitrogen content in sugarcane using UAV LiDAR and multispectral imaging

Y Shendryk, J Sofonia, R Garrard, Y Rist… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms and associated sensing technologies
are extensively utilized in precision agriculture. Using LiDAR and imaging sensors mounted …

Investigating the effects of soil moisture sensors positioning and accuracy on soil moisture based drip irrigation scheduling systems

KX Soulis, S Elmaloglou, N Dercas - Agricultural Water Management, 2015 - Elsevier
Recent advances in electromagnetic sensor technologies have made automated irrigation
scheduling a reality using state-of-the-art soil moisture sensing devices. However, many of …

Ecological risk assessment of ecosystem services in the Taihu Lake Basin of China from 1985 to 2020

X Xu, G Yang, Y Tan, Q Zhuang, H Li, R Wan… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
There are tremendous theoretical, methodological and policy challenges in evaluating the
impact of land-use change on the degradation of ecosystem services (ES) at the regional …

LCIS DSS—An irrigation supporting system for water use efficiency improvement in precision agriculture: A maize case study

A Bonfante, E Monaco, P Manna, R De Mascellis… - Agricultural …, 2019 - Elsevier
The efficient use of water in agriculture is one of the most significant agricultural challenges
that modern technologies are helping to cope with through Irrigation Advisory Services (IAS) …

[HTML][HTML] Development of subsurface drainage systems: Discharge–retention–recharge

JAJ de Wit, CJC Ritsema, JCJ van Dam… - Agricultural water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sufficient freshwater is needed for water dependent sectors such as agriculture, nature,
drinking water, and industry. However, even in low-lying, flood prone countries like the …

Advances on modelling riparian vegetation—hydromorphology interactions

L Solari, M Van Oorschot, B Belletti… - River Research and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Riparian vegetation actively interacts with fluvial systems affecting river hydrodynamics,
morphodynamics and groundwater. These interactions can be coupled because both …