Agricultural Water Management

Papers
(The median citation count of Agricultural Water Management is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board222
Water-saving irrigation mitigates methane emissions from paddy fields: The role of iron186
Hydrogeology and subsurface water flow beneath grass waterways: Implications for exploiting waterways for nitrate reductions127
Developing climate change agro-adaptation strategies through field experiments and simulation analyses for sustainable sorghum production in semi-arid tropics of India120
Mapping maize crop coefficient Kc using random forest algorithm based on leaf area index and UAV-based multispectral vegetation indices116
Winter legume cover crop with adequate nitrogen fertilization enhance dryland maize yield and water-use efficiency104
Intermittent sprinkler irrigation during the establishment of strawberry (Fragaria ×ananassa Duch.) bare-root transplants conserves water without loss of yield and fruit quality99
Bridging the gap: An interpretable coupled model (SWAT-ELM-SHAP) for blue-green water simulation in data-scarce basins94
Optimizing nutrient removal of algal-bacterial symbiosis system for treating low C/N farmland drainage92
Editorial Board92
Stem characteristics and yield of wheat is regulated to improve planting efficiency and reduce lodging risk by fertilizer rate and irrigation stage91
Soil moisture retrieval over croplands using novel dual-polarization SAR vegetation index91
Economic irrigation water productivity of wheat and potato: An earth observation perspective on policy implications in the Litani Basin, Lebanon89
Relationships between C/N metabolism and rice growth related indicators under alternating drought and flooding stress88
Social network shapes farmers’ non-point source pollution governance behavior – A case study in the Lijiang River Basin, China83
Sustainability of collective irrigation under water competition between agriculture and civil uses: The case study of Alanya Water Users Association (Türkiye)82
Regional-scale evaluation of tertiary irrigation system in Muda Irrigation Scheme from space81
Adopting plastic film mulching system in the food-energy-water-carbon nexus to the sustainable dryland agriculture79
Regional water-saving potential calculation method for paddy rice based on remote sensing76
Improving pumpset selection to support intensification of groundwater irrigation in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains76
Water stress, yield, and grape quality in a hilly rainfed “Aglianico” vineyard grown in two different soils along a slope75
Long-term effects of living grass mulching on soil and water conservation and fruit yield of citrus orchard in south China74
Combined effects of urea type and placement depth on grain yield, water productivity and nitrogen use efficiency of rain-fed spring maize in northern China73
Extraction of grassland irrigation information in arid regions based on multi-source remote sensing data72
Determination of energy partition of a cucumber grown Venlo-type greenhouse in southeast China69
Developing irrigation water conservation strategies for hybrid bermudagrass using an evapotranspiration-based smart irrigation controller in inland southern California68
Water uptake dynamics in apple trees assessed by an isotope labeling approach67
Reference evapotranspiration change in Heilongjiang Province, China from 1951 to 2018: The role of climate change and rice area expansion66
Reference crop evapotranspiration for data-sparse regions using reanalysis products65
Soil water/salt balance and water productivity of typical irrigation schedules for cotton under film mulched drip irrigation in northern Xinjiang64
New machine learning approaches to improve reference evapotranspiration estimates using intra-daily temperature-based variables in a semi-arid region of Spain61
Evaluating the long-term effects of best management practices on pollution reduction and soil quality improvement in sloping farmland of the Three Gorges Reservoir area59
Impact of irrigation systems on water saving and yield of greenhouse and open field cucumber production in Saudi Arabia59
Phloem carbon isotopic signature as a valuable tool to assess physiological adjustments among European grapevine varieties under a Mediterranean climate58
Simulation-optimization based real-time irrigation scheduling: A human-machine interactive method enhanced by data assimilation57
Could buckwheat and spelt be alternatives to wheat under future environmental conditions? Study of their physiological response to drought56
A critique of successful elements of existing on-farm irrigation water management initiatives in Pakistan56
Optimal groundwater depth and irrigation amount can mitigate secondary salinization in water-saving irrigated areas in arid regions55
A simplified method for water depth mapping over crops during flood based on Copernicus and DTM open data55
Precise soil water control using a negative pressure irrigation system to improve the water productivity of greenhouse watermelon54
How water table level influences C balance under different fertilization regimes54
Spatial and temporal variations of maize and wheat yield gaps and their relationships with climate in China54
Nitrogen fertilizer rate and timing of application for potato under different irrigation methods54
Combing transfer learning with the OPtical TRApezoid Model (OPTRAM) to diagnosis small-scale field soil moisture from hyperspectral data53
Responses of leaf nitrogen status and leaf area index to water and nitrogen application and their relationship with apple orchard productivity53
Accurate measurement of wind drift and evaporation losses could improve water application efficiency of sprinkler irrigation systems − A comparison of measuring techniques52
Customizing pyfao56 for evapotranspiration estimation and irrigation scheduling at the Limited Irrigation Research Farm (LIRF), Greeley, Colorado51
Irrigation on the move: How transient farming partnerships facilitate the expansion of smallholder irrigation along ephemeral rivers in dryland areas of Kenya51
Modelling the response of wheat yield to stage-specific water stress in the Po Plain51
A coupled hourly water-carbon flux model at plot and field scales for water-saving irrigated rice paddy51
Optimizing variable rate irrigation using model and satellite-based dynamic prescription maps50
Evaluating the role of remote sensing-based energy balance models in improving site-specific irrigation management for young walnut orchards50
Effect of lateral flushing on emitter clogging in drip irrigation using high-sediment water49
Optimal irrigation water allocation in Hetao Irrigation District considering decision makers’ preference under uncertainties49
Comparison of process-based and statistical approaches for simulation and projections of rainfed crop yields49
The impact of global cropland irrigation on soil carbon dynamics48
Benefits of irrigation against heat stress in agriculture: Evidence from wheat crop in India48
If the combination of straw interlayer and irrigation water reduction maintained sunflower yield by boosting soil fertility and improving bacterial community in arid and saline areas47
An agent-based framework for simulating interactions between reservoir operators and farmers for reservoir management with dynamic demands47
Quantifying the trade-off between water and electricity for tomato production in arid environments47
Effect of alternate partial root-zone drying (PRD) on soil nitrogen availability to alfalfa47
Study on the cointegration relationship between water supply and demand in the irrigation district with structural breaks47
Improving silage maize productivity using recycled wastewater under different irrigation methods47
Irrigation and shifting planting date as climate change adaptation strategies for sorghum46
Morphological trait as a determining factor for Populus simonii Carr. to survive from drought in semi-arid region46
Balancing economic benefits and environmental repercussions based on smart irrigation by regulating root zone water and salinity dynamics46
Estimation of actual crop evapotranspiration using artificial neural networks in tomato grown in closed soilless culture system46
Assessing the performance of satellite soil moisture on agricultural drought monitoring in the North China Plain46
Determinants of farmers’ willingness to pay for irrigation improvements in Northcentral Ethiopia46
Modeling evapotranspiration and evaporation in corn/tomato intercropping ecosystem using a modified ERIN model considering plastic film mulching45
Unravelling the effects of crop blue, green and grey virtual water flows on regional agricultural water footprint and scarcity45
Improving crop model accuracy in the development of regional irrigation and nitrogen schedules by using data assimilation and spatial clustering algorithms45
Quantifying the effects of spatial-temporal variability of soil properties on crop growth in management zones within an irrigated maize field in Northwest China45
Effect of aerated drip irrigation and nitrogen doses on N2O emissions, microbial activity, and yield of tomato and muskmelon under greenhouse conditions44
Distribution and drivers for blue water dependence in crop production in China, 1999–201844
Remote sensing of evapotranspiration for irrigated crops at Yuma, Arizona, USA44
Root-zone aeration improves fruit yield and quality of tomato by enhancement of leaf photosynthetic performance43
Microinjection based zebrafish embryo test for the detection of estrogenic substances in slurry based irrigation water and its combined application with yeast estrogen screen43
Agricultural water accounting: Complementing a governance monitoring schema with remote sensing calculations at different scales43
The impact of cyanobacteria inoculation on soil hydraulic properties at the lab-scale experiment43
Influence and selection of nitrogen and phosphorus compound fertilizers on emitter clogging using brackish water in drip irrigation systems42
Influence of the sampling time interval of canopy temperature on the dynamic zoning of variable rate irrigation42
Biophysical controls on energy exchange and water use efficiency over a poplar plantation in Northern Hilly China42
Climate risk management for the rainfed rice yield in Lao PDR using APCC MME seasonal forecasts42
Short–term forecasting of daily evapotranspiration from rice using a modified Priestley–Taylor model and public weather forecasts42
Agro-economic simulation for day by day irrigation scheduling optimisation41
A comparison of physical-based and machine learning modeling for soil salt dynamics in crop fields41
Increasing the concentration of film antitranspirant increases yields of rapeseed under terminal drought by improving plant water status40
Classifying cropland vulnerability to pollutant loads across South Korea under climate change conditions using soil vulnerability index40
Drip fertigation with food waste biogas effluent in a humid area is possible but challenging due to increased soil soluble sodium40
A simulation tool to optimize the management of modernized infrastructures in collective and on-farm irrigation systems40
Modeling environmental impact in a semi-arid intensive irrigated watershed40
Spatial estimation of flood residual water cultivation (FRWC) potential for food security in Sédhiou and Tambacounda regions of Sénégal40
Editorial Board40
The use of winter forage crops and dairy manure to improve soil water storage in continuous corn in Southern Idaho40
Dynamics of Moistube discharge, soil-water redistribution and wetting morphology in response to regulated working pressure heads40
Comparison of physiological and biochemical responses of local and commercial tomato varieties under water stress and rehydration40
Sap flow characteristics and water demand prediction of cash crop in hyper-arid areas39
Agricultural practices regulate the seasonality of groundwater-river nitrogen exchanges39
Editorial Board39
Response of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) to foliar wetting with low pH mine waters containing acid-generating metal cations39
Tillage timing to improve soil water storage in Mediterranean long fallow39
Conveyance efficiency and irrigation water productivity under varying water supply conditions in arid lowlands of Central Asia39
How do novel plant growth regulators and cultivation models strategies affect mechanical strength, lodging resistance and maize productivity in semi-arid regions?39
Multi-model ensemble approaches for simulation of evapotranspiration of karst agroforestry ecosystems38
Elevated temperature further inhibited cottonseed protein synthesis under severe drought, but promoted cottonseed protein synthesis under mild drought38
WHCrop: A novel water-heat driven crop model for estimating the spatiotemporal dynamics of crop growth for arid region37
Editorial Board37
Assessing the efficiency of smallholder sugarcane production: The case of Faisalabad, Pakistan37
Modernization in agricultural water distribution system for aquifer storage and recovery – A case study37
Optimized fertilization based on fallow season precipitation and the Nutrient Expert system for dryland wheat reduced environmental risks and increased economic benefits37
Effect of salinity on oleic sunflower (Helianthus annuus Linn.) under drip irrigation in arid area of Northwest China37
Reducing nutrient loss in drainage from tomato grown in free-draining substrate in greenhouses using dynamic nutrient management37
Editorial Board37
Photosynthetic characteristics, soil nutrients, and their interspecific competitions in an apple–soybean alley cropping system subjected to different drip fertilizer regimes on the Loess Plateau, Chin37
Performance of simple low-cost edge-of-field filters for mitigating P losses in surface runoff from agricultural fields37
Influence of seasonal climate and water table management on corn yield and nitrous oxide emissions37
Yield-water relationships of lentil grown under different rice establishments in Lower Gangetic Plain of India37
Impact of colored water pillows on yield and water productivity of pepper under greenhouse conditions36
Nitrate leaching is the main driving factor of soil calcium and magnesium leaching loss in intensive plastic-shed vegetable production systems36
A fully coupled crop-water-energy balance model based on satellite data for maize and tomato crops yield estimates: The FEST-EWB-SAFY model36
Crop response to thermal stress without yield loss in irrigated maize and soybean in Nebraska36
Critical comparison of actual evapotranspiration estimates using ground based, remotely sensed, and simulated data in the USA36
Editorial Board36
Film mulched ridge–furrow tillage improves the quality and fertility of dryland agricultural soil by enhancing soil organic carbon and nutrient stratification35
Dynamic simulation water storage of different parts in peach tree under drought stress35
Rainfall shocks and crop productivity in Zambia: Implication for agricultural water risk management35
Farmer-led institutional innovations in managing smallholder irrigation schemes in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Provinces, South Africa35
Development of an evapotranspiration estimation method for lettuce via mobile phones using machine vision: Proof of concept35
Making the invisible visible: Co-learning guided development of an operational tool for irrigation management35
Editorial Board34
Calculation framework for agricultural irrigation water consumption in multi-source irrigation systems34
A framework to evaluate the factors influencing groundwater management in Water User Associations: The case study of Tafresh County (Iran)34
Interannual variability of water productivity on the Eastern Snake Plain in Idaho, United States34
Raised beds modulate physiological responses, yield and water use efficiency of wheat (Triticum aestivum L) under deficit irrigation34
Synergistic role between phosphorus and water use efficiency in spring wheat genotypes34
Short-term legacy effects of rice season irrigation and fertilization on the soil bacterial community of the subsequent wheat season in a rice-wheat rotation system34
Spatial and temporal variability of water stress risk in the Kebir Rhumel Basin, Algeria34
Modeling of water management for cotton production in Uzbekistan34
Water competition among the coexisting Platycladus orientalis, Prunus davidiana and Medicago sativa in a semi-arid agroforestry system33
Variation of yield and physiological characteristics of Lathyrus sativus L. populations under terminal drought33
Deep learning for identification of water deficits in sugarcane based on thermal images33
Improving water use efficiency in vertical farming: Effects of growing systems, far-red radiation and planting density on lettuce cultivation33
Detecting subsurface drainage pipes using a fully convolutional network with optical images33
Effect of deficit irrigation on nitrogen accumulation and capsaicinoid content in Capsicum plants using the isotope 15N33
Hydroponic production of ‘Biquinho’ pepper with brackish water33
Simulating the effect of subsurface tile drainage on watershed salinity using SWAT33
Irrigation with treated wastewater in humid regions: Effects on Nitisols, sugarcane yield and quality32
Energy budget for tomato plants grown in a greenhouse in northern China32
Agricultural intensification can no longer ignore water conservation – A systemic modelling approach to the case of tomato producers in Morocco32
Methodology for studying nitrogen loss from paddy fields under alternate wetting and drying irrigation in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China32
Evaluation of the effect of treated wastewater and well water irrigation on the quality, quantity and antibacterial/antifungal activities of Rosa × damascena Herrm. essential oil32
Simulated soil water distribution patterns and water use of Alfalfa under different subsurface drip irrigation depths32
The importance of subsurface drainage on model performance and water balance in an agricultural catchment using SWAT and SWAT-MODFLOW32
A framework based on high-resolution imagery datasets and MCS for forecasting evaporation loss from small reservoirs in groundwater-based agriculture32
Assessing the effects of management and hydro-edaphic conditions on rice in contrasting East African wetlands using experimental and modelling approaches32
Modeling the coupling processes of evapotranspiration and soil water balance in agroforestry systems32
Partitioning evapotranspiration in partially mulched interplanted croplands by improving the Shuttleworth-Wallace model32
Effect of the optimized regulated deficit irrigation methodology on quality, profitability and sustainability of barley in water scarce areas32
How biochar, horizontal ridge, and grass affect runoff phosphorus fractions and possible tradeoffs under consecutive rainstorms in loessial sloping land?32
Modeling capillary wick irrigation system for greenhouse crop production32
Editorial Board31
Data-based groundwater quality estimation and uncertainty analysis for irrigation agriculture31
Reducing pesticide transport in surface and subsurface irrigation return flow in specialty crop production31
Soil hydro-thermal characteristics, maize yield and water use efficiency as affected by different biodegradable film mulching patterns in a rain-fed semi-arid area of China31
Further investigating the performance of crop water stress index for maize from baseline fluctuation, effects of environmental factors, and variation of critical value31
Warming changed seasonal water uptake patterns of summer maize31
Zeolite increases paddy soil potassium fixation, partial factor productivity, and potassium balance under alternate wetting and drying irrigation31
Integrated assessment of crop planting suitability: A case study in the Hetao Irrigation District of China using HJ-1A/1B satellite data31
Assessing basin blue–green available water components under different management and climate scenarios using SWAT31
Long term assessment of salinity impact on fruit yield in eighteen date palm varieties31
Comparison of evaporation estimation methods for water surface under floating coverage in arid areas31
Grain yield and water productivity of winter wheat controlled by irrigation regime and manure substitution in the North China Plain30
Soil aeration using air injection in a citrus orchard with shallow groundwater30
Predicting net radiation in naturally ventilated greenhouses based on outside global solar radiation for reference evapotranspiration estimation30
Yield and water use relationships of potato under different timing and severity of water stress30
Socioeconomic, biophysical, and environmental impacts of raised beds in irrigated wheat: A case study from Egypt30
Assessing the biophysical factors affecting irrigation performance in rice cultivation using remote sensing derived information30
Evaluating optimal irrigation strategies for maize in Western Kansas30
Ridge-furrow planting patterns with film mulching improve water use efficiency by enhancing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the rhizosphere and endophyte of summer maize30
Yield, irrigation water productivity and nutrient uptake of arbuscular mycorrhiza inoculated sesame under drought stress conditions30
Effect of alternating drip irrigation on soil gas emissions, microbial community composition, and root–soil interactions30
Multi-scale modeling for irrigation water and cropland resources allocation considering uncertainties in water supply and demand30
Temporal variability of infiltration and roughness coefficients and furrow irrigation performance under different inflow rates29
Assessing water management effects on spring wheat yield in the Canadian Prairies using DSSAT wheat models29
Effects of waterlogging at different stages and durations on maize growth and grain yields29
Spatial-temporal trends of rainfall erosivity and its implication for sustainable agriculture in the Wei River Basin of China29
Plastic film mulching increases yield, water productivity, and net income of rain-fed winter wheat compared with no mulching in semiarid Northwest China29
Quantification of agricultural best management practices impacts on sediment and phosphorous export in a small catchment in southeastern Sweden29
Investigation of satellite-related precipitation products for modeling of rainfed wheat production systems29
Investigation into runoff nitrogen loss variations due to different crop residue retention modes and nitrogen fertilizer rates in rice-wheat cropping systems29
The effect of irrigation and zeolite management on the reduction of cadmium accumulation in rice29
Evaluation of novel ultrasonic sensor actuated nozzle in center pivot irrigation systems29
Modified water-nitrogen productivity function based on response of water sensitive index to nitrogen for hybrid maize under drip fertigation29
Modelling the effects of climate change, agricultural inputs, cropping diversity, and environment on soil nitrogen and phosphorus: A case study in Saskatchewan, Canada29
A new agricultural drought index for monitoring the water stress of winter wheat29
Sustainable cooling strategies to minimize water consumption in a greenhouse in a hot arid region28
Connotation, calculation and influencing factors of the water-use rights benchmark price: A case study of agricultural water use in the Ningxia Yellow River irrigation area28
Field evaluation of nitrogen volatilization loss during fertigation through center pivots28
Elevated temperature and low nitrogen partially offset the yield, evapotranspiration, and water use efficiency of winter wheat under carbon dioxide enrichment28
Encounter risk analysis of crop water requirements and effective precipitation based on the copula method in the Hilly Area of Southwest China28
Maize leaf functional responses to blending urea and slow-release nitrogen fertilizer under various drip irrigation regimes28
Performance evaluation of a low-cost thermal camera for citrus water status estimation28
Determining organic-inorganic fertilizer application threshold to maximize the yield and quality of drip-irrigated grapes in an extremely arid area of Xinjiang, China28
Optimization of water and fertilizer management improves yield, water, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium uptake and use efficiency of cotton under drip fertigation28
Irrigation subsidies and their externalities28
Impact of straw return on soil temperature and water during the freeze-thaw period28
Mitigating negative effects of long-term treated wastewater irrigation: Leaf gas exchange and water use efficiency response of avocado trees (Persea americana Mill.)28
How can resource-level thresholds guide sustainable intensification of agriculture at farm level? A system dynamics study of farm-pond based intensification28
Smart water management approach for resource allocation in High-Scale irrigation systems28
Economic penalties associated with irrigation during high rainfall years in the southeastern United States27
Editorial note on terms for crop evapotranspiration, water use efficiency and water productivity27
A novel multi-scale parameter estimation approach to the Hargreaves-Samani equation for estimation of Penman-Monteith reference evapotranspiration27
Irrigation depth and nitrogen rate effects on seed cotton yield, fiber quality and water-nitrogen utilization efficiency in southern Xinjiang, China27
Machine learning and regression-based techniques for predicting sprinkler irrigation's wind drift and evaporation losses27
Simulation and evaluation of agricultural water distribution and delivery systems with a Hybrid Bayesian network model27
Changes induced by multi-stage water stress on maize growth, water and nitrogen utilization and hormone signaling under different nitrogen supplies27
Environmental impact of grain virtual water flows in China: From 1997 to 201427
The comparison of different irrigation methods on yield and water use efficiency of the jujube27
Quasi-3D mapping of soil moisture in agricultural fields using electrical conductivity sensing27
Soil-water deficit in deep soil layers results from the planted forest in a semi-arid sandy land: Implications for sustainable agroforestry water management27
The effect of alternate partial root-zone drying and deficit irrigation on the yield, quality, and physiochemical parameters of milled rice27
Effects of regulated, precision and continuous deficit irrigation on the growth and productivity of a young super high-density olive orchard27
Vegetative growth, yield, and crop water productivity response to different irrigation regimes in high density walnut orchards (Juglans regia L.) in a semi-arid environment in Argentina26
A novel irrigation canal scheduling model adaptable to the spatial-temporal variability of water conveyance loss26
Optimizing nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilization regimes to improve maize productivity under double ridge-furrow planting with full film mulching26
Nonlinear model predictive control of salinity and water level in polder networks: Case study of Lissertocht catchment26
Variability in water use behavior during drought of different grapevine varieties: Assessment of their regulation of water status and stomatal control26
Effects of deficit irrigation on nitrogen uptake and soil mineral nitrogen in alfalfa grasslands of the inland arid area of China26
Magnetization and oxidation of irrigation water to improve winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production and water-use efficiency26
Effects of irrigation strategies and soil properties on the characteristics of deep percolation and crop water requirements for a variable rate irrigation system26
Variety-specific sugarcane yield simulations and climate change impacts on sugarcane yield using DSSAT-CSM-CANEGRO model26
Characterizing potato yield responses to water supply in Atlantic Canada’s humid climate using historical yield and weather data: Implications for supplemental irrigation25
Partial root zone drying increases peppermint essential oil yield and water productivity25
An integrated approach for multi-year irrigation benchmarking using satellites, surveys and on-farm measured data25
Remote sensing of canopy water status of the irrigated winter wheat fields and the paired anomaly analyses on the spectral vegetation indices and grain yields25
On-farm reservoir monitoring using Landsat inundation datasets25
Impact of the comprehensive agricultural water use reform policy on food production: Quasinatural experimental evidence from China25
Simulation modeling for effective management of irrigation water for winter wheat25
Biochar decreased N loss from paddy ecosystem under alternate wetting and drying in the Lower Liaohe River Plain, China25
Dependence of evapotranspiration validity on shallow groundwater in arid area-a three years field observation experiment25
Stable isotope analysis of soil and plant water in a pair of natural grassland and understory of planted forestland on the Chinese Loess Plateau25
Improving maize production and decreasing nitrogen residue in soil using mulched drip fertigation25
Monitoring irrigation dynamics in paddy fields using spatiotemporal fusion of Sentinel-2 and MODIS25
Soil moisture influences wheat yield by affecting root growth and the composition of microbial communities under drip fertigation25
Organic soil amendment effects on soil hydrology in an almond orchard evaluated using time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography25
Combined application of biochar and partial root-zone drying irrigation improves water relations and water use efficiency of cotton plants under salt stress25
Impact of grass traits on the transport path and retention efficiency of nitrate nitrogen in vegetation filter strips24
Simulation of water-salt transport and balance in cultivated-wasteland system based on SWAP model in Hetao Irrigation District of China24
Development and application of DRAINMOD model for simulating crop yield and water conservation benefits of drainage water recycling24
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