Executive summary Food systems have the potential to nurture human health and support
environmental sustainability; however, they are currently threatening both. Providing a …

Rice is a water-guzzling crop cultivated mostly through inefficient irrigation methods which
leads to low water use efficiency and many environmental problems. Additionally, the export …

Water shortage and salinity are major challenges for sustaining global food security. Using
nutrients in the nano-scale formulation including zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NP) is a …

Irrigation is an important measure for increasing grain production. Improving water use
efficiency in agriculture is expected to play a very important role in ensuring food and water …

Improving irrigation and fertilization management for greater productivity is critical to address
water scarcity. Drip fertigation can synchronize the water and nitrogen (N) supply with crop …

The demand for fresh water is on the increase, and the irrigation industry in Australia is
looking to a future with less water. Irrigation consumes the bulk of the water extracted from …

Because of intense transpiration and growth, the needs of plants for water can be immense.
Yet water in the soil is most often heterogeneous if not scarce due to more and more …

Drought and salinity are the main limiting factors negatively affect plant growth and
productivity. Proline is recently reported to play a positive role in plants exposed to various …

A reasonable estimation of crop water uptake depth (WUD) provides vital prerequisites for
determining scientific irrigation scheduling. However, real-time acquisition of crop WUD to …

The knowledge of suitable irrigation methods coupled with effective irrigation scheduling to
improve agricultural water use efficiency has become increasingly necessary for farmers in …