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Assessing plant water status: Part 1 – Classical methods

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract As a result of the changing climate, water scarcity poses a significant threat to crop and pasture production. Although soil water content can indicate drought, its measurements often provide limited spatial resolution and are weakly correlated with plant water status, producing misleading drought assessments.
Naila Farooq, Tasawer Abbas, Bo Zhang, Bastian Leander Franzisky, Jochen Taiber, Martin Koch, Christoph‐Martin Geilfus, Ian C Dodd   +7 more
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Grassland forage legumes and drought mitigation – sheep wool application improved soil water availability and enhanced drought–stress responses

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Sheep wool may reduce drought stress in grasslands when used as a soil amendment. Two experiments were conducted to explore if: (i) water absorbed by wool would be biologically ‘active’ and therefore available to plants, using a novel method of measuring water activity (aw); and, (ii) adding wool to compost would delay water stress ...
Siân Bethan MacKintosh, Rhyn Fychan, John Walter Davies, Huw Gareth Powell, Mark Boileau Scott, Christina Louise Marley   +5 more
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The Relationship Between Human Activities and Ecosystem Service Supply–Demand From the Perspective of Land Use Transformation

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The equilibrium between ecosystem service supply and demand relationships (ESSDR) is essential for regional sustainable development. Understanding the relationship between human activity intensity (HAI) and ESSDR from the perspective of land use transformation (LT) is important for ecological management and governance.
Rongping Liang, Wei Wei, Xiaoxu Wei, Binbin Xie, Junju Zhou, Qiaolin Shu, Yongcheng Wang   +6 more
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Development of an Irrigation Scheduling Model [PDF]

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, 2010
This paper presents an irrigation scheduling software named ?Mehran Model? which computes reference evapotranspiration (ETo) using FAO-56 Penman Monteith method and crop evapotranspiration (ETc) by dual crop coefficients. The model can develop irrigation
BAKHSHAL KHAN LASHARI, KHALIFA QASIM LAGHARI, ATTA MUHAMMAD PHUL   +2 more
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Cropland Suitability–Use Mismatches and Differentiated Zoning Regulation in the North China Plain: Implications for Spatially Optimised and Sustainable Land Use

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cropland distribution is often shaped by historical cultivation patterns rather than natural suitability, leading to mismatches between actual land use and agricultural production potential. However, their extent and spatial characteristics remain insufficiently understood in the North China Plain, one of China's most important grain‐producing
Congjie Cao, Huafu Zhao, Ziwei Wang, Shiqiang Bai, Jiacheng Qian, Xiaoxiao Wang, Tao Wang, Huiqin Han, Zhe Feng   +8 more
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Unraveling the Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Nonlinear Drivers of Green Transition of Farmland Use in Major Grain‐Producing Areas: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province, China

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Promoting the green transition of farmland use (GTFU) in major grain‐producing areas is essential for ensuring food security and advancing sustainable agricultural development. However, existing studies on GTFU have predominantly relied on static cross‐sectional analyses, with insufficient attention paid to its nonlinear driving mechanisms. To
Zhixian Sun, Yixuan Lu, Xinyue Zheng, Dongmei Zhang, Yian Xu, Guanxin Yao   +5 more
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The Unfolding Desert: Observed Structural Drying and Projected Aridity Risks in a Brazilian Family Farming Citizenship Territory

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aridification in Semiarid regions is a recurring theme in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports and has been documented in Northeastern Brazil. This study analyzes the spatiotemporal dynamics of aridification in the Lower São Francisco River “Citizenship Territory” (Sergipe and Alagoas) at a fine spatial resolution (~1 km ...
Carlos Eduardo Pacheco Lima, Júlio Roberto Araújo de Amorim, Marcus Aurélio Soares Cruz, Mariana Rodrigues Fontenelle   +3 more
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Growth, water use and efficiency of forage cactus sorghum intercropping under different water depths

Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental
The effects of the forage cactus sorghum configuration and different irrigation depths on the growth, water use and efficiency of the forage cactus production system were investigated in this study.
Lucivania R. Lima, Thieres G. F. da Silva, Alexandre M. da R. F. Jardim, Carlos A. A. de Souza, Maria G. de Queiroz, José N. Tabosa   +5 more
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Biological Salt‐Pump Effect: Long‐Term Stand Development of Haloxylon ammodendron and Its Role in Reshaping Soil Hydrothermal and Salinity Regimes

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Afforestation in the desert–oasis ecotone induces soil desiccation and secondary salinization. However, the seasonal dynamics of soil water–heat–salt interactions across plantations of different stand ages in arid regions remain unclear. Here, we investigated the seasonal patterns and coupled relationships of soil water–heat–salt dynamics in ...
Wang Yanxin, Wang Guohua, Jia Angyuan, Gou Qianqian   +3 more
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Integrating Ecosystem Service Benefits to Assess Ecosystem Health and Its Response to Land Spatial Structure Conflicts in Anning River Basin, China

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Land spatial structure conflicts (LSSC) weaken the actual benefits of ecosystem services by inducing trade‐offs among them, directly threatening regional ecosystem health (EH) and sustainable development. However, most studies have failed to incorporate ecosystem service benefits (ESB) into EH assessments and have overlooked their response to ...
Weijie Li, Jinwen Kang
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