Improving water use efficiency in agronomic crop production

SA Zahoor, S Ahmad, A Ahmad, A Wajid… - … Crops: Volume 2 …, 2019 - Springer
Food and agriculture are the largest consumers of water, requiring one hundred times more
than we use for personal needs. Agricultural water is used to grow fresh produce and …

Responses of water accumulation and solute metabolism in tomato fruit to water scarcity and implications for main fruit quality variables

X Hou, W Zhang, T Du, S Kang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Fruit is important for human health, and applying deficit irrigation in fruit production is a
strategy to regulate fruit quality and support environmental sustainability. Responses of …

Exploiting IoT and its enabled technologies for irrigation needs in agriculture

V Ramachandran, R Ramalakshmi, BP Kavin… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
The increase in population growth and demand is rapidly depleting natural resources.
Irrigation plays a vital role in the productivity and growth of agriculture, consuming no less …

Smart greenhouses as the path towards precision agriculture in the food-energy and water nexus: Case study of Qatar

T Karanisa, Y Achour, A Ouammi, S Sayadi - Environment Systems and …, 2022 - Springer
Greenhouse farming is essential in increasing domestic crop production in countries with
limited resources and a harsh climate like Qatar. Smart greenhouse development is even …

Optimizing irrigation frequency and amount to balance yield, fruit quality and water use efficiency of greenhouse tomato

H Liu, H Li, H Ning, X Zhang, S Li, J Pang… - Agricultural Water …, 2019 - Elsevier
Vegetable production in many countries relies on irrigation. While increasing irrigation
amount normally improves yield, too much water could jeopardize fruit quality and comprise …

Responses of growth, fruit yield, quality and water productivity of greenhouse tomato to deficit drip irrigation

Y Wu, S Yan, J Fan, F Zhang, Y Xiang, J Zheng… - Scientia …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agriculture is the largest consumer of scarce water resources and irrigation serves as the
sole source of water for greenhouse tomato production. It is an urgent task to seek an …

Drip fertigation significantly reduces nitrogen leaching in solar greenhouse vegetable production system

H Lv, S Lin, Y Wang, X Lian, Y Zhao, Y Li, J Du… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Vegetable production in solar greenhouses in northern China results in the excessive use of
nitrogen (N) fertilizers and water via flooding irrigation. Both factors result in low N use …

Design challenges of agricultural greenhouses in hot and arid environments A review

S Ghani, F Bakochristou, EMAA ElBialy… - … Environment and Food, 2019 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Protected Agriculture (PA) presents a sustainable solution for food production in hot and arid
environments. Harsh climate and the water deficit are obstacles to all year round cultivation …

Growth, yield and water productivity of tomato as influenced by deficit irrigation water management

S Mukherjee, PK Dash, D Das, S Das - Environmental Processes, 2023 - Springer
The deficit irrigation offers water savings potential that is becoming popular in arid and semi-
arid regions reducing freshwater use over time. A two-year factorial experiment was …

Response of yield and quality of greenhouse tomatoes to water and salt stresses and biochar addition in Northwest China

Z Wu, Y Fan, Y Qiu, X Hao, S Li, S Kang - Agricultural Water Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Improving productivity of saline soils under drought condition is critical for sustainable
agricultural development in arid areas. Whether biochar addition can interact with drought …