Improving water productivity of wheat-based cropping systems in South Asia for sustained productivity

SS Kukal, ML Jat, HS Sidhu - Advances in agronomy, 2014 - Elsevier
Serious water deficits are threatening agricultural sustainability in many regions of the South
Asia (SA). While the increase in crop production of irrigated rice–wheat system in SA has …

A comparative study of irrigation techniques for energy flow and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in wheat agroecosystems under contrasting environments in south …

M Jamali, S Soufizadeh, B Yeganeh, Y Emam - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The agriculture sector in general and irrigation, in particular, can be a major emitter of
greenhouse gases and can contribute to global climate change. Most studies dealing with …

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria improve growth, morph-physiological responses, water productivity, and yield of rice plants under full and deficit drip irrigation

TA Abd El-Mageed, SA Abd El-Mageed… - Rice, 2022 - Springer
Inoculating rice plants by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) may be used as a
practical and eco-friendly approach to sustain the growth and yield of drought stressed rice …

Coupling effects of irrigation amount and nitrogen fertilizer type on grain yield, water productivity and nitrogen use efficiency of drip-irrigated maize

J Guo, J Fan, Y Xiang, F Zhang, S Yan, X Zhang… - Agricultural Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural production is facing the risk of severe water shortage, serious non-point source
pollution and low water productivity (WP) and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). It is a major …

Effect of full and limited irrigation amount and frequency on subsurface drip-irrigated maize evapotranspiration, yield, water use efficiency and yield response factors

S Irmak, K Djaman, DR Rudnick - Irrigation Science, 2016 - Springer
The objectives of this study were to:(1) to evaluate the effects of subsurface drip irrigation
amount and frequency on maize production and water use efficiency,(2) develop production …

Optimizing irrigation and planting density of spring maize under mulch drip irrigation system in the arid region of Northwest China

Q Guo, G Huang, Y Guo, M Zhang, Y Zhou, L Duan - Field Crops Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The limited availability of water resources severely restricts agricultural development in the
semiarid and arid regions of Northwest China. A two-year field experiment was conducted to …

Evaluating deficit irrigation scheduling strategies to improve yield and water productivity of maize in arid environment using simulation

A Attia, S El-Hendawy, N Al-Suhaibani… - Agricultural Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water scarcity and rising temperatures are creating serious concerns over the sustainability
of agriculture systems in arid regions of the Middle East and North Africa. The aims were (i) …

Effect of sowing time and seeding rate on yield components and water use efficiency of winter wheat by regulating the growth redundancy and physiological traits of …

SC Ma, TC Wang, XK Guan, X Zhang - Field Crops Research, 2018 - Elsevier
A field experiment was conducted to explore the effect of different sowing time and seeding
rate on yield components and water use efficiency (WUE) of winter wheat by regulating the …

Sensitivity of the DSSAT model in simulating maize yield and soil carbon dynamics in arid Mediterranean climate: Effect of soil, genotype and crop management

A Attia, S El-Hendawy, N Al-Suhaibani, MU Tahir… - Field crops …, 2021 - Elsevier
Crop models may potentially explore alternative ways to improve agroecosystem resilience
in arid regions of Middle East and North Africa. Mapping the outputs behavior as a function …

Comparing evapotranspiration and yield performance of maize under sprinkler, superficial and subsurface drip irrigation in a semi-arid environment

F Valentín, PA Nortes, A Domínguez, JM Sánchez… - Irrigation Science, 2020 - Springer
In arid and semiarid environments, with shortage of water resources, maize production is
competing for available water. This study analyzed the effect of different irrigation systems …