Agricultural Water Stress and Deficit Irrigation
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 May 2023) | Viewed by 2282
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agricultural water management; micro irrigation; deficit irrigation; impact of climate change in agriculture; evapotranspiration; drought management
Interests: soil test crop response studies; nutrient and crop management in watershed; spatial variability of soil fertility in watersheds of eastern India plateau; carbon sequestration and conservation agriculture in different land-use system
Interests: climate change impact assessment; soil–water management studies, soil quality and soil fertility management; soil carbon sequestration; soil mineral weathering studies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Freshwater is the most essential resource for the survival of all organisms, including humans. Despite being a renewable resource, the world is facing water scarcity. Several natural factors, combined with increasing anthropogenic pressure, are turning water scarcity into a widespread concern in many parts of the world. Furthermore, climate change is expected to disrupt hydrological regimes and the availability of water.
In this sense, agriculture is the largest freshwater user. Additionally, its continued growth is increasing the severity of water scarcity and the frequency of imbalance situations between water supply and demand occurring in agro ecosystems around the world, which are facing growing pressure to reduce water use. These facts highlight the need to maximize crop water productivity. Moreover, among the tools that growers can use to achieve this goal, there should be more precise irrigation strategies and scheduling procedures that will protect water resources and their integrity for their future use. However, when water is scarce, farmers are faced with two choices: either to irrigate a smaller land area but meet total ET needs or to irrigate the whole area below the required level. The latter approach is known as deficit irrigation (DI), where plants are subjected to water stress to a level that has minimal effect on plant growth and yield.
Therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is to gather innovative and novel approaches in managing agricultural water stress and/or modeling deficit irrigation strategies, as well as research on tools and mechanisms involved in the response of crops to water stress.
All types of manuscripts (original research, reviews, etc.) are welcome.
Dr. U. Surendran
Prof. Dr. Pradip Dey
Dr. P. Raja
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- irrigation management
- deficit irrigation
- water stress
- soil–plant water relationship
- water use efficiency
- water productivity
- water saving technologies
- evapotranspiration
- micro irrigation
- drip fertigation
- modelling approaches
