Plants are the most important source of nutrition for humans and animals. Consequently, the
demand for food keeps increasing over time. However, plants constantly face challenges in …

Normalized different water indices (NDWIs) derived from satellite images are commonly and
successfully utilized in surface water body detection and mapping. In this study, the water …

Water scarcity is seriously affecting agricultural production, especially in arid and semi-arid
areas. Therefore, there is increasing interest in improving water productivity in agriculture …

Background Thermography is a popular tool to assess plant water-use behavior, as plant
temperature is influenced by transpiration rate, and is commonly used in field experiments to …

The determination of crop water status has positive effects on the Chinese Brassica industry
and irrigation decisions. Drought can decrease the production of Chinese Brassica, whereas …

Drought periods are predicted to increase in the future, putting the production of sensitive
crops under serious hazards. Soybean, as a legume, is capable of partly achieving its …

Drought stress is one of the most hazardous abiotic stresses increasingly affecting drought-
sensitive crops like soybean. An experiment was conducted in Debrecen, Hungary in 2018 …

Soybean is one of the most important crops worldwide; however, its production and
produced seed quality are challenged by the increasingly reported drought waves because …

Heavy metals contamination is a serious problem of China. It is necessary to estimate
bioavailability concentrations of heavy metals in agricultural soil for keeping the food …

Non-invasive techniques such as RGB, thermal imaging, and optical sensing can provide
information on plant water stress before it occurs. In the present study, the maize crop (Var …