Agricultural Water Conservation: Tools, Strategies, and Practices 

 - Basel, Switzerland  MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute  2021 
 - 1 online resource (242 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> Water scarcity is a critical issue for agriculture, and, hence, efficient management and conservation practices for agricultural water use are essential for adapting to and mitigating the impacts of current and future discrepancy between water supplies and water demands. This Special Issue focuses on "Agricultural Water Conservation: Tools, Strategies, and Practices", which aims to bring together a collection of recent cutting-edge research and advancements in agricultural water conservation. The Special Issue intends to give a broad overview focusing on on-farm water conservation practices, advanced irrigation tools and water technologies, and the best management practices and strategies for efficient water use in agriculture. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783036526461 9783036526478 books978-3-0365-2647-8 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.3390/books978-3-0365-2647-8  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biology, life sciences<br/>Research & information: general<br/>Technology, engineering, agriculture
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>alluvial aquifer analytical formula application efficiency AquaCrop model Asparagus officinalis L. autonomous landscape irrigation BEARS bushland climate clogging Colorado River Basin conservation agriculture cultivars digestate liquid fraction drip irrigation drought eddy covariance efficient design emitter environments Ethiopia evapotranspiration forage fruit quality gas exchange gravity irrigation groundwater groundwater management growing seasons Hargreaves and Samani evapotranspiration model hydrocyclone irrigation irrigation management strategy irrigation water management IWUE Lower Mississippi River Valley lysimeter ET assessment Mississippi Delta n/a Ogallala aquifer region optimum water use partial root drying precision agriculture remote sensing row crops salinity sandy soil scenarios sensible and latent heat fluxes small-scale irrigation smart controller soil mulch solar MajiPump spears yield squash surface renewal method tea plantation tolerant wastewater water and crop productivity water conservation water conservation adoption water deficit water productivity water requirements water use efficiency water-use efficiency