Soil water balance models for determining crop water and irrigation requirements and irrigation scheduling focusing on the FAO56 method and the dual Kc approach

LS Pereira, P Paredes, N Jovanovic - Agricultural water management, 2020 - Elsevier
This study reviews soil water balance (SWB) model approaches to determine crop irrigation
requirements and scheduling irrigation adopting the FAO56 method. The K c-ET o approach …

Water use characteristics of weeds: A global review, best practices, and future directions

M Singh, MS Kukal, S Irmak, AJ Jhala - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Weeds usually penalize crop yields by competing for resources, such as water, light,
nutrients, and space. Most of the studies on the crop-weed competition domain are limited to …

Using remote sensing to quantify the joint effects of climate and land use/land cover changes on the caatinga biome of northeast Brazilian

AMRF Jardim, GN Araújo Júnior, MV Silva, A Santos… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Caatinga biome, located in the Brazilian semi-arid region, is the most populous semi-arid
region in the world, causing intensification in land degradation and loss of biodiversity over …

Prediction of crop coefficients from fraction of ground cover and height: Practical application to vegetable, field and fruit crops with focus on parameterization

LS Pereira, P Paredes, F Melton, L Johnson… - Agricultural Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
The A&P approach, developed by Allen and Pereira (2009), estimates single and basal crop
coefficients (K c and K cb) from the observed fraction of ground cover (fc) and crop height …

[HTML][HTML] Partitioning evapotranspiration in partially mulched interplanted croplands by improving the Shuttleworth-Wallace model

S Qin, S Li, L Cheng, L Zhang, R Qiu, P Liu… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
The joint application of plastic mulch and interplanted patterns significantly increases the
utilization efficiencies of water and energy in arid regions. Each individual crop transpiration …

[HTML][HTML] Field-scale assessment of soil water dynamics using distributed modeling and electromagnetic conductivity imaging

TB Ramos, AR Oliveira, H Darouich… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the soil water balance is fundamental for improving crop water use in
agricultural fields. Estimates are normally for representative and homogeneous areas where …

Water use, soil water balance and soil salinization risks of Mediterranean tree orchards in southern Portugal under current climate variability: Issues for salinity control …

TB Ramos, H Darouich, AR Oliveira… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Secondary salinization has long been reported in the Roxo irrigation district (RID), southern
Portugal, due to the use of saline-prone irrigation water and the existence of poorly …

[HTML][HTML] Water use and soil water balance of Mediterranean tree crops assessed with the SIMDualKc model in orchards of southern Portugal

TB Ramos, H Darouich, AR Oliveira… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Orchards consist of complex agricultural systems, with a variety of characteristics (planting
density, tree height, training system, canopy cover, irrigation method, interrow management) …

Water Use and Soil Water Balance of Mediterranean Vineyards under Rainfed and Drip Irrigation Management: Evapotranspiration Partition and Soil Management …

H Darouich, TB Ramos, LS Pereira, D Rabino… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vineyards represent complex Mediterranean agrosystems that deliver significant ecosystem
services to society. Yet, many vine-growers still need to assimilate the importance of crop …

Single and basal crop coefficients for estimation of water use of tree and vine woody crops with consideration of fraction of ground cover, height, and training system …

LS Pereira, P Paredes, CM Oliveira, F Montoya… - Irrigation Science, 2023 - Springer
This paper reviews the research on the FAO56 single and basal crop coefficients of fruit
trees and vines performed over the past twenty-five years and focus on Mediterranean and …