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{"title":"Field and numerical evaluation of discontinuous improved subsurface drainage for waterlogging control","authors":"Yuan Tao ,&nbsp;Jing Liu ,&nbsp;QiuYang Su ,&nbsp;Xiaoyan Guan ,&nbsp;Xiaomin Chang ,&nbsp;Haorui Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109680","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109680","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Due to the shortage of farmland, subsurface drainage systems are progressively replacing the lowest-level open ditches, representing an emerging trend in water management practices in China. While subsurface drainage systems are engineered to remove waterlogging, their efficacy in resolving surface ponding is fundamentally constrained by soil permeability. To address this issue, a discontinuous improved subsurface drainage (DISD) has been proposed, featuring discontinuous filter extending from the pipe to the soil surface. Field and numerical experiments have been conducted to evaluate the performance of this proposed system on waterlogging removal and groundwater control. Based on a calibrated and validated HYDRUS-3D model, the simulations involved variations in filter heights, filter widths, filter spacings, and drain spacings have been conducted. The results indicated that DISD exhibited superior performance under conditions of surface ponding and short-duration heavy rainfall, enhanced efficiency in lowering the groundwater table compared to CSD (conventional subsurface drainage) for shallow groundwater table situation. Field experiments revealed that the cumulative discharge of DISD was approximately 2–2.3 times higher than CSD for short-term drainage and 1.37 times higher for long-term drainage. Numerical simulations showed that with a sand-gravel filter length ranging from 0.2 m to 4 m and a filter width of 1.2 m, the drainage discharge of the DISD was 1.91–5.40 times of CSD when surface ponding occurred. DISD is outperformed than ISD (improved subsurface drainage) in removing surface waterlogging when the filter volume of DISD is more than 6 % of ISD. DISD also does better in subsurface waterlogging control than ISD. These research findings provide a scientific basis for designing DISD and lay a solid foundation for their broader application in China.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7634,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Water Management","volume":"318 ","pages":"Article 109680"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144679275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spatial and temporal evolution trends of groundwater drought and its correlation with meteorological drought in Guizhou province","authors":"Aili Wang ,&nbsp;Yuanxiao Xing ,&nbsp;Shunsheng Wang ,&nbsp;Donglin Wang ,&nbsp;Cundong Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109682","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109682","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Groundwater constitutes a vital water resource in karst regions, where conventional surface-based drought indicators frequently fail to accurately capture groundwater deficits. However, the applicability of GRACE satellite data for monitoring groundwater drought in these complex environments remains uncertain. To address this limitation, this study developed a Groundwater Drought Index (GDI) utilizing GRACE gravity satellite data and applied it to Guizhou Province in Southwest China, a representative karst region. Sen’s slope estimator, the Mann-Kendall test, and Pearson correlation analysis were employed to assess the spatiotemporal trends of groundwater drought and its relationship with meteorological drought. The results indicate that: (1) GRACE-derived total water storage anomalies (TWSA) are significantly correlated with GLDAS data and exhibit consistent seasonal fluctuations; (2) groundwater storage anomalies (GWSA) demonstrate a significant increasing trend of 0.55 cm/year from 2003 to 2022, with the most pronounced seasonal declines occurring in winter and spring; (3) the GDI identified 12 groundwater drought events, primarily concentrated between 2003 and 2011, characterized by longer duration and greater intensity in the northern region; and (4) groundwater drought responds to meteorological drought with lags mainly ranging from 10 to 24 months. These findings confirm the effectiveness of GRACE data for groundwater drought monitoring in karst regions and provide a valuable reference for water resource management and early warning systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7634,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Water Management","volume":"318 ","pages":"Article 109682"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144679276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing onion salt tolerance using soil apparent electrical conductivity directed soil sampling, planet scope derived yield maps, and boundary analysis","authors":"Gopal R. Mahajan ,&nbsp;Elia Scudiero ,&nbsp;Amninder Singh ,&nbsp;Aliasghar Montazar ,&nbsp;Dennis L. Corwin","doi":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109679","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109679","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Plant-salt tolerance parameters support decision making directed at conserving water in salt-affected farmland. Traditional methods for determining crop salt tolerance are labor-intensive and often do not accurately represent on-farm growing conditions. This research on dehydrated processing onion evaluates a novel approach utilizing boundary line analysis (BLA) for plant salt tolerance determination. We used soil and plant near-ground and remote sensing to generate extensive datasets (over 3900 yield-salinity data pairs) with limited ground-truth data (20 or fewer samples per field over four onion fields). First, root-zone soil salinity was mapped (R²=0.82) using apparent electrical conductivity through ensemble modeling with field-specific and multi-field regressions. Second, onion yield was mapped (R²=0.82) using a novel time-series analysis of daily PlanetScope surface reflectance. Third, a novel resampling procedure was applied to fit a BLA-based Maas and Hoffman salt tolerance curve to the upper boundary of the salinity × yield data point cloud. The examined onion variety was classified as moderately salt-tolerant, with a soil salinity threshold of 3.05 dS m⁻¹ and a relative yield decrement slope of 2.27 % at higher salinity levels. This proof-of-concept research demonstrated the feasibility of BLA-based crop salt tolerance determination using geospatial soil and plant sensing with limited ground sampling. Crop breeding programs may use the proposed methodology to determine salt tolerance in new crops in realistic environmental and management conditions and potentially reduce the labor required for traditional salt tolerance curve determination.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7634,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Water Management","volume":"318 ","pages":"Article 109679"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144679277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strategies for mitigating winter wheat yield reduction in the Yellow River basin: Simulations and insights from CMIP6 data and the improved DSSAT-CERES-wheat model","authors":"Yingnan Wei ,&nbsp;Ziya Zhang ,&nbsp;Miaolei Hou ,&nbsp;La Zhuo ,&nbsp;Ning Yao ,&nbsp;LinChao Li ,&nbsp;Jiangfeng Xiangli ,&nbsp;Tehseen Javed ,&nbsp;Jianqiang He ,&nbsp;Qiang Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109678","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109678","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Winter wheat is a vital staple crop in northern China, and climate change is expected to increase the frequency of droughts, leading to reduced yields. Therefore, it is crucial to study the impact of climate change on winter wheat yield and develop strategies to mitigate these effects. This study used CMIP6 data and an improved DSSAT-CERES-Wheat model to simulate winter wheat's phenological stages, yield, and water stress factors in the Middle and upper reaches of Yellow River basin from 2022 to 2050 and proposed measures to counteract yield reduction. The results revealed that optimal sowing dates and irrigation strategies remained stable under both the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway 2–4.5 (SSP2–4.5) and Shared Socioeconomic Pathway 5–8.5 (SSP5–8.5) scenarios across the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River Basin. Early sowing combined with targeted irrigation during the jointing and grain-filling stages enhanced winter wheat yields but led to delayed phenological development. Moreover, variations in water productivity (WPc) and yield exhibited consistent spatial patterns across the three subregions of the study area. In region 1, the optimal sowing date is 10 days earlier, with a sowing window of 7–13 days earlier. During normal and dry years, irrigation requirements at the jointing and filling stages are 70 mm and 90 mm, respectively. In regions 2 and 3, the optimal sowing date is 15 days earlier, with a sowing window of 12–18 days earlier. Under the SSP2–4.5 and SSP5–8.5 scenarios, the overall growth rates of winter wheat yield in the Middle and upper reaches of Yellow River basin were 20.62 % and 16.32 %, respectively, with irrigation levels of 60 mm and 80 mm at the jointing and filling stages during normal and dry years. This study provides valuable insights and references for developing strategies to mitigate winter wheat yield reduction in the Middle and upper reaches of Yellow River basin under future climate scenarios.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7634,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Water Management","volume":"318 ","pages":"Article 109678"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144679278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"High-resolution drought monitoring with Sentinel-1 and ASCAT: A case-study over Mozambique","authors":"Samuel Massart ,&nbsp;Mariette Vreugdenhil ,&nbsp;Rafael Rogério Borguete ,&nbsp;Carina Villegas-Lituma ,&nbsp;Pavan Muguda Sanjeevamurthy ,&nbsp;Sebastian Hahn ,&nbsp;Wolfgang Wagner","doi":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109638","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109638","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the potential of active microwave remote sensing to develop high-resolution drought indicators based on surface soil moisture (SSM) in Mozambique. A 500-meter resolution SSM product is derived from Sentinel-1 C-band radar backscatter using a change detection model (SSM_s1) and validated with state-of-the-art products including ASCAT, ERA5-Land, and SMAP. Results show that SSM_s1 provides consistent moisture information with greater spatial resolution compared to existing datasets. Two drought indicators are derived from SSM_s1: the soil water deficiency index (SWDI_s1) using SSM_s1 with auxiliary soil properties from Soilgrids, and the Z-score_s1, combining ASCAT long-term climatology with Sentinel-1 spatial resolution to develop an anomaly-based indicator. Both SWDI_s1 and Z-score_s1 are compared against precipitation and vegetation anomalies in six regions of Mozambique. Precipitation anomalies show low regional variability and often fail to capture drought dynamics during the dry season, yet correlate with Surface Soil Moisture (SSM) anomalies during the rainy season. The vegetation indicator detects drought with a temporal delay compared to both SWDI and Z-score_s1, suggesting that SSM provide information on earlier drought development, prior to observable vegetation anomalies. The results highlight the complementary strengths of these datasets and suggest their combined use in early warning systems. Combining information from precipitation, vegetation, and SSM_s1 enables complete monitoring of drought development. This research contributes to the development of strategies to monitor droughts and the improvement of early warning systems to improve the resilience of smallholder farmers as communities in Mozambique often rely on rain-fed agriculture.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7634,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Water Management","volume":"318 ","pages":"Article 109638"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144679279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dry matter accumulation, translocation, and bulb yield of short-day onion as affected by cultivars and drip irrigation regimes in the dry-hot regions of southwest China","authors":"Yilin Li ,&nbsp;Jiancha Li ,&nbsp;Binyan Zhang ,&nbsp;Xuewen Yue ,&nbsp;Kun Li ,&nbsp;Daming Chen ,&nbsp;Yujiao Yang ,&nbsp;Xiaogang Liu ,&nbsp;Haidong Fang","doi":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109677","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109677","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Seasonal water scarcity and improper cultivar selection have severely restricted the production potential of short-day onions in the dry-hot regions of southwest China. However, the appropriate irrigation regime and cultivar are still unclear. Therefore, field experiments were conducted during the two onion growing seasons (2022–2023 and 2023–2024) to evaluate the effects of irrigation levels [full irrigation (W1: 100 %ET_c) and three deficit irrigation levels (W2: 80 %ET_c, W3: 60 %ET_c and W4: 40 %ET_c); where ET_c was crop evapotranspiration] on aboveground dry matter accumulation, partitioning, translocation, bulb yield and irrigation water productivity (WP_I) of different onion cultivars [a local traditional cultivar (C1: Hongshuai) and two new cultivars (C2: Niu 4 and C3: Shahu)]. The results showed that the logistic growth model could effectively fit the process of dry matter accumulation in onions. C2 and C3 reduced aboveground dry matter accumulation, maximum accumulation rate of dry matter (AR_max), and average accumulation rate of dry matter (AR_avg), but increased bulb yield and WP_I when compared with C1. Notably, C2 had the highest bulb yield and WP_I in the two growing seasons. Deficit irrigation decreased dry matter accumulation after bulb initiation (DMAI), but increased bulb dry matter proportion and dry matter translocation (DMT). Bulb yield under W1 and W2 had insignificant difference, but W2 enhanced WP_I. Although W3 and W4 significantly increased WP_I, bulb yield decreased significantly. Bulb dry matter had significantly positive correlation with DMAI. Comprehensively considering bulb yield and WP_I, the ‘Niu 4’ cultivar was preferred and an irrigation amount of 80 %ET_c (onion evapotranspiration) was recommended for onions production in the dry-hot regions of southwest China. By optimizing the irrigation strategy of onions, WP_I can be improved without significantly reducing bulb yield, which is of great practical significance for dry-hot regions with water scarcity. This study can provide a theoretical basis for optimizing onions irrigation management and cultivar selection in the dry-hot regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7634,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Water Management","volume":"318 ","pages":"Article 109677"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144679274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"DRAINMOD predicted impact of climate change on hydrology, corn yield, and drainage design in the Western Lake Erie Basin, United States","authors":"Babak Dialameh ,&nbsp;Ehsan Ghane ,&nbsp;Mohamed Youssef","doi":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109641","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109641","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate change presents challenges to agricultural water management, necessitating a reevaluation of subsurface drainage design for sustainable crop production. The objectives were to (1) investigate the impacts of climate change on hydrology and corn yield in southeast Michigan, United States, and (2) assess the climate change impact on the optimum drain spacings under two drain depths of 75 cm shallow and 125 cm deep. Using DRAINMOD and climate projections (2030–2059) from nine general circulation models under the SSP2–4.5 pathway, the study predicted hydrological responses and economic returns for various drain spacing designs. The optimum drain spacing was determined as the spacing that maximizes economic return using historical (1994–2023) and future scenarios. Future predictions showed an increased annual temperature (9.6°C for historical vs 12.1°C for future), relatively stable annual precipitation (933 mm for historical vs 928 mm for future), increased evapotranspiration (21%), reduced drainage discharge (21%), and deeper water table (7%) compared to the historical. Drought stress was the primary driver of future yield reductions, averaging 25% for both drain depths. The number of dry days during the growing season is expected to increase in the future due to higher evapotranspiration and a deeper water table. Optimum drain spacings were projected to widen from 7 m to 11 m for shallow drains and from 12 m to 19 m for deep drains to mitigate drought stress. In conclusion, future climate conditions showed a yield decline, suggesting a wider drain spacing may be needed to mitigate the drier growing season.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7634,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Water Management","volume":"318 ","pages":"Article 109641"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144672253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Partial organic fertilizer replacing synthetic fertilizer reduces soil salinity, improves photosynthesis, and enhances the water-nitrogen use efficiency of maize (Zea maysl.) in arid regions","authors":"Yue Han ,&nbsp;Zhanli Ma ,&nbsp;Rui Chen ,&nbsp;Yue Wen ,&nbsp;Yonghui Liang ,&nbsp;Jinzhu Zhang ,&nbsp;Tehseen Javed ,&nbsp;Wenhao Li ,&nbsp;Zhenhua Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109673","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109673","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Soil salinization severely threatens agricultural sustainability in arid regions, compromising crop productivity and resource-use efficiency. While organic amendments show promise for mitigating salinity stress, the optimal organic-to-synthetic fertilizer ratio remains undetermined in saline-alkaline agroecosystems. A two-year field experiment was conducted on saline-alkaline soil in southern Xinjiang, China, to assess soil properties, maize photosynthetic characteristics, and water-nitrogen use efficiency. Seven treatments were tested: no N fertilization (CK); 100 % synthetic N fertilizer (SF); and organic fertilizer substituting 20 %, 40 %, 60 %, 80 %, and 100 % of the synthetic N (OF20 %, OF40 %, OF60 %, OF80 %, and OF100 %, respectively) with all fertilized treatments receiving 300 kg N ha⁻¹. To identify the optimal ratio of chemical-to-organic fertilizer, a comprehensive evaluation model was employed for multi-objective optimization analysis. Results showed that soil salinity and nitrate-N residue in the 0<img>100 cm soil layer decreased by 1.12 %<img>13.31 % and 14.06 %<img>51.48 %, respectively, with increasing organic fertilizer substitution ratio. Additionally, maize photosynthetic performance and growth parameters exhibited an initial increase followed by a decline as organic substitution increased, peaking at the 20 % organic fertilizer substitution treatment. Compared to the SF treatment, the OF20 % treatment increased yield by 2.95 %<img>8.03 %, crop water productivity by 2.98 %<img>7.83 %, and nitrogen use efficiency by 1.85 %<img>46.19 %. Regression analysis based on a multi-objective comprehensive evaluation model determined the optimal organic fertilizer substitution ratio to be 21.32 %. This enhancement resulted from improved soil physiochemical properties, enhanced photosynthetic capacity, and optimized resource utilization. These findings demonstrate that strategic partial organic substitution represents an effective strategy for sustainable intensification in salt-affected agricultural systems worldwide.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7634,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Water Management","volume":"317 ","pages":"Article 109673"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144663493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis and quality control of weighing lysimeter water storage data","authors":"Steven R. Evett ,&nbsp;Paul D. Colaizzi ,&nbsp;Gary W. Marek ,&nbsp;Karen S. Copeland ,&nbsp;Brice B. Ruthardt","doi":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109674","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109674","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A tool was developed to analyze 5-minute weighing lysimeter apparent relative water storage data and reduce it to values of the water balance components, including evapotranspiration (ET), dew and frost accumulation, precipitation, irrigation, and drainage while applying quality control measures. Algorithms automatically identify precipitation, and dew and frost accumulations in the 5-minute data, and place flags appropriately (“P” or “DW”) in a column that is referenced by formulae that separately calculate values for these. Noise can, however, cause false identification of precipitation or frost and dew accumulations, so another column is made available in which the user can enter flags to either nullify (“NO”) false automatic identification, or conversely, identify precipitation or dew and frost accumulations (“P” or “DW”) not automatically identified. This column also serves for entry of specific flags identifying, amongst others, apparent relative water storage changes due to irrigation, drainage tank emptying, and counterweight adjustments. Other algorithms act upon these flags to correct and adjust the original raw relative storage values so that the adjusted relative storage reflects only ET. Two different methods of ET calculation provide for error checking and data validation. The spreadsheet was applied to 30 + years of 5-minute lysimeter data. Example data from 2018 illustrate the processing and quality control procedures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7634,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Water Management","volume":"317 ","pages":"Article 109674"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144664894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of increasing maize planting density on yield, water productivity and irrigation water productivity in China: A comprehensive meta-analysis incorporating soil and climatic factors","authors":"Mingwei Zhou ,&nbsp;Yongcui Wang ,&nbsp;Jian Gu ,&nbsp;Ningning Ma ,&nbsp;Wenjie Hou ,&nbsp;Jiaqi Sun ,&nbsp;Xiaobing Fan ,&nbsp;Guanghua Yin","doi":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109671","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109671","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Increased planting density (IPD) has been widely implemented, yet its impact on maize yield, irrigation water productivity (IWP), and water productivity (WP) remains unclear. Utilizing data sourced from peer-reviewed publications, we conducted a meta-analysis to (1) examine the effects of varying planting densities on maize yield, (2) further investigate the influence of soil properties and the climate-whether dry or wet-on maize yield, IWP, and WP across increasing maize planting densities, and (3) assess the effects of fertilizer application on maize yield, IWP, and WP across increasing maize planting densities. The results showed that increasing planting density was effectively increased the total maize yield by about 13.3 %, IWP by about 16.7 % and WP by about 7.9 %. Soil type and wet/dry conditions also significantly affected maize, with the highest yield increase in silty (30.2 %) and dry semi humid (13.6 %), WP in (loamy: 18.7 %) and dry semi humid (15.7 %), and IWP in loamy (30.3 %) and semi arid (17.8 %). Therefore, in our study, we recommended the following for maize production practices in China: the best soil type for maize cultivation is recommended to be silty, the climate type is dry semi-arid; the recommended planting density is recommended to be 75,000–90,000 plants·ha⁻¹, with irrigation ranging from 200 to 400 mm irrigation, 200–300 kg·ha⁻¹ of nitrogen fertiliser, and 200 kg·ha⁻¹ or more of phosphorus and potash fertiliser to maximise yield. This research highlights the strategic importance of tailored planting and irrigation practices for sustainable maize production and offers practical guidance for farmers and policymakers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7634,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Water Management","volume":"317 ","pages":"Article 109671"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144654573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}