Agricultural Water Conservation: Tools, Strategies, and Practices - Series II

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: agro-ecological wetland; amino acid; assessment protocol; benefit-cost ratio; biofortification; Biology, life sciences; computational fluid dynamics; correlation; cowpea; deficit irrigation; drought; drought management plan; drought stress; ecological status; ecophysiology; energy dissipation mechanism; environment; essential oil; field water balance; food–water–energy nexus; humic acid; hydraulic performance; hydrogel; irrigation; irrigation deficit; irrigation emitter; irrigation management; leaf area index; mandarin; Mathematics and Science; mulching; nitrate leaching; numerical simulation; nutrient use efficiency; nutrients; PCA analysis; physiological traits; potato fertigation; precision agriculture; productivity; profitability; proline; protein content; rain-fed; rain-fed conditions and ridge-furrow mulching; rainfed; rainwater harvesting system; real water productivity; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; rice; risk-based approach; river basin scale; root mass density; saline groundwater; soil moisture; soil salinity; spearmint; structural design; subsurface pipe drainage; water footprint; water productivity; water quality; water scarcity; wheat; wheat varieties; winter wheat; yield; yield stability; zinc

Drought and climate change have decreased water availability for agriculture in arid and semiarid regions, and therefore efficiency enhancements in irrigation water management aimed at conserving water are key to adjust to limits in water supply, as well as improve the profitability and sustainabili...