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Improving Water Use Efficiency of Wheat Crop Varieties in the North China Plain: Review and Analysis
Published 2013-07-01Subjects: “…water use efficiency…”The North China Plain (NCP), one of the most important agricultural regions in China, is facing a major water-resource crisis evoked by excessive exploitation of groundwater. To reduce water use while maintaining high crop production level, improving variety water use efficiency (WUE) is an urgent n...
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Ammonium and potassium effects on carrot response to water deficit
Published 2025-08-01Subjects: “…Irrigation water use efficiency…”For a comprehensive understanding of carrot drought tolerance, studying nutrient homeostasis alongside physiochemical modifications, especially under different drought intensities and nutrient supplements is essential. In this work, the effect of soil ammonium nitrate and foliar potassium humate app...
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Grain yield and water use of winter wheat as affected by water and sulfur supply in the North China Plain
Published 2017-03-01Subjects: Get full textWater shortage has threatened sustainable development of agriculture globally as well as in the North China Plain (NCP). Irrigation, as the most effective way to increase food production in dry land, may not be readily available in the situation of drought. One of the alternatives is to supply plant...
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Photosynthetic performance of switchgrass and its relation to field productivity: A three-year experimental appraisal in semiarid Loess Plateau
Published 2017-06-01Subjects: Get full textTo reveal photosynthetic characteristics and biomass yield is important for evaluating introduced species adaptation to local environments. A field experiment was conducted over three consecutive years (2011–2013) to evaluate photosynthetic characteristics, soil water content, aboveground biomass ac...
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The effect of irrigation water quality on the growth of maize plants, electric conductivity and pH of the soil
Published 2024-02-01Subjects: Get full textThe research aims to determine the response of the Maize crop to irrigation with salt water during the growth stages, and to study the accumulation of salts in the soil, the degree of their interaction, and the efficiency of water use. Three types of irrigation water with salt concentrations (1.5, 4...
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Optimization of water and fertilizer management on the intercropping system between maize and mung bean to improve photosynthetic characteristics & water use and to increase plant...
Published 2025-07-01Subjects: Get full textIntercropping has the advantages of improving the canopy environment and enhancing the productivity of farmland. However, the responses of photosynthetic physiological characteristics, canopy structure and yield to different water and fertilizer measures need to be further clarified. The study took...
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Straw strip mulching: A sustainable technology for saving water and improving efficiency in dryland winter wheat production
Published 2022-12-01Subjects: Get full textAn improved straw mulching model may be a sustainable agricultural production technology due to its improvements in soil water and the fertilizer environment by the recycling of waste straw resources. A four-year field experiment was conducted in a randomized block design on the Loess Plateau of nor...
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Shoot and root traits in drought tolerant maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids
Published 2018-05-01Subjects: Get full textThis study aimed to investigate the differences in shoot and root traits, and water use and water use efficiency (WUE) in drought tolerant (DT) maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids under full and deficit irrigated conditions. A two-year greenhouse study was conducted with four hybrids (one conventional hybri...
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Detecting ecosystem water use efficiency responses to drought from long-term remote sensing data
Published 2025-08-01Subjects: Get full textEcosystem water use efficiency (WUE) is a key indicator of the coupled water-carbon cycle. Understanding the cumulative and lagged effects of drought on global ecosystem WUE is crucial for assessing and responding to hydroclimatic disturbances. However, the spatial patterns and mechanisms of drought...
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Target of Rapamycin (TOR) signaling coordinates a balance between wheat photosynthetic performance and transpirational water conservation for improved water use efficiency and perf...
Published 2025-09-01Subjects: Get full textDrought is an important abiotic stress limiting wheat production worldwide. Hence there is a critical need to develop wheat varieties with improved performance under drought. Target of Rapamycin (TOR) kinase is a central regulator that integrates diverse nutrient, energy, hormone, and environmental...
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Deficient irrigation of vegetable crops
Published 2022-06-01Subjects: Get full textWater is one of the main factors for the production of vegetable crops due to its crucial role in the absorption and transport of nutrients, temperature regulation and some physiological processes, including photosynthesis. Considering the growing needs of a growing population for food and nutrients...
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Response of yield, quality, water and nitrogen use efficiency of tomato to different levels of water and nitrogen under drip irrigation in Northwestern China
Published 2017-05-01Subjects: Get full textThe objective of this study was to investigate the effects of applying different amounts of water and nitrogen on yield, fruit quality, water use efficiency (WUE), irrigation water use efficiency (IWUE) and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of drip-irrigated greenhouse tomatoes in northwestern China. Th...
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Effects of irrigation methods on cucumber growth, yield and water use efficiency
Published 2010-07-01Subjects: Get full textThe effects of tradition irrigation, dropping irrigation, alternation irrigation and fixed irrigation on the growth, yield and water use efficiency of cucumber in sunlight greenhouse were analyzed. Results showed that the effects of four irrigation methods on plant height, stem diameter, leaf number...
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Examining wildfire dynamics using ECOSTRESS data with machine learning approaches: the case of South‐Eastern Australia's black summer
Published 2025-06-01Subjects: Get full textWildfires are increasing in risk and prevalence. The most destructive wildfires in decades in Australia occurred in 2019–2020. However, there is still a challenge in developing effective models to understand the likelihood of wildfire spread (susceptibility) and pre‐fire vegetation conditions. The r...
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Drip irrigation incorporating water conservation measures: Effects on soil water–nitrogen utilization, root traits and grain production of spring maize in semi-arid areas
Published 2021-12-01Subjects: Get full textThe Northeast Plain is the largest maize production area in China, and drip irrigation has recently been proposed to cope with the effects of frequent droughts and to improve water use efficiency (WUE). In order to develop an efficient and environmentally friendly irrigation system, drip irrigation...
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Yield and water use responses of winter wheat to irrigation and nitrogen application in the North China Plain
Published 2018-05-01Subjects: Get full textWith increasing water shortage resources and extravagant nitrogen application, there is an urgent need to optimize irrigation regimes and nitrogen management for winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in the North China Plain (NCP). A 4-year field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of thre...
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Effects of super absorbent dosage on water use of soil and growth of potato
Published 2015-09-01Subjects: Get full textThe semi-arid area in middle of Ningxia has suffered from dry climate, which causes intensive evaporation of soil and low yield of potato. Therefore, a field study was conducted to determine the effects of super absorbent dosage on water status of dryland soil, growth and yield of potato, and water...
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Canopy morphological changes and water use efficiency in winter wheat under different irrigation treatments
Published 2020-04-01Subjects: Get full textWater is a key limiting factor in agriculture. Water resource shortages have become a serious threat to global food security. The development of water-saving irrigation techniques based on crop requirements is an important strategy to resolve water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions. In this stu...
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Widespread Sensitivity of Grassland Water Use Efficiency to Deep Soil Moisture on the Tibetan Plateau
Published 2025-06-01Subjects: Get full textAbstract Water use efficiency (WUE, the ratio of gross primary productivity to evapotranspiration (ET)) is a robust indicator of ecosystem response to climate change, with soil moisture serving as a crucial determinant. Soil moisture varies across soil layers due to ET and soil structure, thereby di...
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Alternate row mulching optimizes soil temperature and water conditions and improves wheat yield in dryland farming
Published 2018-11-01Subjects: Get full textStraw mulching allows for effective water storage in dryland wheat production. Finding a suitable straw mulching model that facilitates wheat growth was the objective of this study. A 2-year field experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of two straw mulching patterns (FM, full coverage w...
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