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Scientists are developing graphene-based, sensors-on-tape that can be attached to plants and can provide data to researchers and farmers about water use in crops. (sciencedaily.com)
Drought-stricken reservoirs and rivers in Northern California mean painful water cutbacks for farmers and towns. (npr.org)
That means painful water cutbacks for many farmers and towns. (npr.org)
According to an ISU news release, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets , but these crops are unfamiliar to many Iowa farmers. (keloland.com)
Municipalities have bought water rights from farmers in the past, permanently drying up farmland. (kgnu.org)
But the other barrier VonLembke sees is motivation and the fear some farmers have of losing their historic water rights. (kgnu.org)
In the program, the USDA is seeking ways for farmers to be more productive by using less water. (vision-systems.com)
When we're in a drought, farmers don't think about planting cover crops, but they should consider it, says Kris Nichols, research soil microbiologist with the USDA Agriculture Research Service, Mandan, N.D. (no-tillfarmer.com)
For farmers who have been using cover crops for a few years and have built up their soil ecology, she says these same organisms will help reduce the amount of stress their plants succumb to during a drought. (no-tillfarmer.com)
Because of city and state decisions, obtaining water has been a constant source of worry for farmers in Pinal County, said Chelsea McGuire, who directs government relations for the Arizona Farm Bureau. (aspenpublicradio.org)
Pinal County farmers agreed in 2004 to take less Colorado River water in exchange for guaranteed affordable water until 2030. (aspenpublicradio.org)
Our farmers will receive one-third of the water supply that we would normally make available to them," he said, "so they're going to be cut by two-thirds in 2022. (aspenpublicradio.org)
The most popular soil health practice that farmers are adopting is cover crops. (blueearthswcd.org)
Plant-based sensors that measure the thickness and electrical capacitance of leaves show great promise for telling farmers when to activate their irrigation systems, preventing both water waste and parched plants, according to researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. (topcropmanager.com)
In the last decade, the Zayandeh River in his home city of Isfahani has dried up, and many farmers no longer can plant their usual crops. (topcropmanager.com)
A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads just as Midwest farmers are preparing to harvest their crops and send tons of corn and soybeans downriver to the Gulf of Mexico. (abc4.com)
Most farmers hold the belief that no till cover crop fields are wetter and colder than conventionally tilled fields. (nwf.org)
The collection of field data under farmers' conditions was rare, probably due to the greater efforts and higher costs involved, the lack of control of plant growing conditions other than soil salinity, and the larger random variation in crop yields and soil salinity. (wikipedia.org)

Some of the major benefits of cover crops include improving soil structure, increasing organic matter, preventing soil erosion, reducing excess nutrients, and keeping nitrogen in the field. (blueearthswcd.org)

AgriMet uses site specific weather data estimate evapotranspiration (ET, or crop water use) for crops grown in the vicinity of each weather station . (usbr.gov)
Along with the staple crops there are also soybeans, sorghum, sunflowers, and mung beans - a crop that is traditionally grown in northern NSW. (abc.net.au)
The system is useful for crops that are grown in rows that can be separated by furrows (shallow ditches) along the rows. (jrank.org)
Water is then siphoned from the main ditch onto the strips where the crops are grown. (jrank.org)
To make matters worse, the crops grown by these megafarms are eventually shipped to feed cattle and other livestock in other places around the world, particularly in the United Arab Emirates, rather than the state's own. (dailymail.co.uk)
The potential of a perennial grain grown in the United States, both economically and environmentally, has been the stuff of dreams for crop engineers and food scientists for decades. (landinstitute.org)
Our work, led by a team of plant breeders and ecologists in multiple partnerships worldwide, is focused on developing perennial grains, pulses, and oilseed-bearing plants to be grown in ecologically intensified, diverse crop mixtures known as perennial polycultures. (landinstitute.org)
During successive years, a melon crop (Cucumis melo L.) was grown under field conditions applying mineral and organic fertilizers. (upm.es)
These CFs can be applied to water consumption of crops grown in these countries, as it provides more specific evaluation than the country average AWARE CFs for agricultural production in Boulay et al. (mendeley.com)

Due to complex land-plant-atmosphere interactions and natural variability in topography, soil moisture and vegetation type, obtaining accurate information on ET is the most challenging among all components of the hydrologic cycle, especially in agroecosystems where water is scarce or fluctuates seasonally. (icarda.org)
The reliance of agriculture on water-demanding cash crops in this region poses a grave threat to survival of the natural Tugai vegetation in the area and to the long-term sustainability of the region. (cgiar.org)
Vegetation that is inter-seeded into a cash crop or planted directly after harvest and remains in the field through the fallow period is considered a cover crop. (blueearthswcd.org)

Standing on the riverbank, he says the goal is to save water in case of a third year of drought. (npr.org)
While Arizona's La Paz County is experiencing its worst drought in 1,200 years, as are other areas in the state and Southwestern region of the Unite States, foreign-owned farms growing crops requiring extensive amounts of water, such as alfalfa, are being blamed for the dry spell. (dailymail.co.uk)
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - With the continuing drought in the state, Iowa State University is looking at the prospects for a new crop to grow. (keloland.com)
As a first step, AWSAMe seeks to promote the wider adoption of drought resilient and nutritious crops and to this end, it is collaborating with CIRAD (Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement) to identity such crops, consult with interested countries and develop with interested countries project proposals. (fao.org)
This webinar presents the first results of the litterature review carried out by CIRAD towards a compendium of drought resilient and nutritious crops contributing to improved biodiversity, focusing on crops that are adaptable to dry conditions and have a high nutritional value, as well as neglected and under-utilized crops. (fao.org)
By limiting the growth of their roots, grassy crops conserve soil water during drought. (zmescience.com)
A new study of plant roots found that grasses employ a type of "economic austerity" when confronted with drought conditions: the plants limit their root systems' growth to preserve water in the soil. (zmescience.com)
We normally think about roots as providing access to water, thus it was initially unclear why a plant would shut down root growth under drought," Dinneny explained. (zmescience.com)
This suggests to us that plant breeding has unintentionally affected these crop plants' abilities to cope with drought," Dinneny said. (zmescience.com)
Artificial selection or agricultural plants such as maize or other grassy crops aimed at tailoring crown roots' response to drought could improve these plants' productivity and preserve ground-water resources. (zmescience.com)
Many times during a drought, plants are not as much water stressed as they are nutrient stressed," she explains. (no-tillfarmer.com)
In times of drought, plants will sometimes give off their own water supply to create a water fill around the roots so nutrients can travel. (no-tillfarmer.com)
Can I plant cover crops during a drought? (no-tillfarmer.com)
Although the state is in a drought, cover crops can still grow. (no-tillfarmer.com)
Caywood's farm gets water from the Gila River watershed, which also is under pressure from drought and rising temperatures. (aspenpublicradio.org)
Nancy Caywood's fields haven't had much water since April due to drought and low water levels at the nearby reservoir. (aspenpublicradio.org)
Perennial crops like Kernza TM can also help reduce erosion, cope better with drought and improve soil structure," says Jonas Ardö, Professor of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science at Lund University. (lu.se)

Here we combine results from networks of field experiments and global crop models to present a spatially explicit global perspective on crop water productivity (CWP, the ratio of crop yield to evapotranspiration) for wheat, maize, rice and soybean under elevated [CO 2 ] and associated climate change projected for a high-end greenhouse gas emissions scenario. (lu.se)
Continuously monitoring plant "water stress" is particularly critical in arid regions and traditionally has been done by measuring soil moisture content or developing evapotranspiration models that calculate the sum of ground surface evaporation and plant transpiration. (topcropmanager.com)

Additionally, millets are rainfed crops so their roots will absorb all the excess water and prevent floods. (thebetterindia.com)

That means that if you reduce 30% of the water that the crop is receiving, you're going to see the same amount of reduction in your yield. (kgnu.org)
Profitability is a function of crop management decisions (sowing time, crop type, the amount and rate of irrigation water applied, fertiliser rate and timing), crop revenue (grain yield and grain price), variable input costs (water price, fertiliser, fuel and labour) and a number of other factors. (grdc.com.au)
Results indicate that both the soil parameters (soil fertility) and the seeding technique influence crop development and yield. (druglibrary.net)
From the agricultural point of view, both the effect of nitrogen fertilizers on crop yield and the ecological consequences of its use in hemp cultivation is of particular interest. (druglibrary.net)
The assessment was based on the accuracy with which DSSAT could simulate measured grain yield, above-ground biomass, leaf area index (LAI), soil inorganic nitrogen concentration, and soil water content. (bioone.org)
Model calibration for maize cultivar was achieved using grain yield measurements from CC-F between 2007 and 2012, and model evaluation was achieved using soil and crop measurements from both CC-F and CC-NF for the same 6-yr period. (bioone.org)
The irrigation water added As up to 0.25 ppm enhanced the plant height, panicle length, filled grains/panicle, 1000-grain weight and finally the grain yield of Boro rice and the further doses of depressed the plant growth, yield and yield components. (scialert.net)
Effect of Water Management Arsenic and Zinc on Selected Agronomic Traits and Rice Grain Yield. (scialert.net)
So using the right nutrients is crucial for managing the yield and quality of your crop. (everris.com)

Scholars from Africa and Latin America engaged in a fruitful exchange of views where common interests contrasted with different approaches and realities surrounding water allocation practices which were in general viewed as inequitable, inefficient, and unsustainable. (crop.org)
But recent changes to Colorado law, and research into water conservation could lead to changes in irrigation practices. (kgnu.org)
What makes this technique interesting is that unlike traditional practices, where crops constantly fight for sunlight and water nutrients, the nine carefully assorted crops aid each other's growth instead," Nekram, now 58, tells The Better India. (thebetterindia.com)
So best management practices are needed for much of cropped, irrigated and fertirrigated land, to avoid contamination of fresh water and groundwater. (upm.es)
Improved soil health through no till and cover crops has reduced weather related delays to implementing good farming practices. (nwf.org)
Orchard water management, via post-application irrigation, and infiltration enhancement, through the use of a vegetative ground cover, are management practices that are believed to reduce pesticide loading to surface waters. (cdc.gov)
Field experiments were conducted in Davis, California, to measure the effectiveness of these management practices in reducing the toxicity of storm water runoff. (cdc.gov)
Do soil and water conservation practices influence crop productivity and household welfare? (bvsalud.org)

The European Commission is currently considering reviving talks to approve 25 new GM crops for cultivation in Europe - including crops resistant to the pesticide RoundUp and insecticide-producing varieties of GM maize, soybean and sugar beet. (thepigsite.com)
The aim of this work was to examine the yields and nitrogen (N) dynamics of plant and soil in fiber hemp production, as affected by N fertilization and with special regard to the suitability of hemp cultivation in water catchments. (druglibrary.net)
In Germany, hemp cropping was excluded from the discussion on sustainable production of non-food-crops due to the prohibition of hemp cultivation which has existed since 1982. (druglibrary.net)
About maize, the minister expected a good crop this year saying that cultivation of maize has increased this year. (pakissan.com)
Presently a considerable amount of research is undertaken to develop agricultural crops with a higher salt tolerance to enhance crop cultivation in salinity stricken regions. (wikipedia.org)

The presence of human pathogenic parasites in irrigation waters used in the production of crops traditionally consumed raw suggests that there may be a risk of infection to consumers who come in contact with or eat these products. (unboundmedicine.com)
Water is one of the most important inputs essential for the production of crops. (indiaagronet.com)

Planting after harvested forage like wheat hay or cereal rye silage has the double crop advantage, but rainfall or irrigation is required to replace the depleted soil moisture. (purdue.edu)
Newly emerged corn and soybeans use less than 0.5 inches of water per week, but many annuals like wheat and rye will dry the soil to a depth of 2 to 3 feet, leaving the crop dependent on timely rain or irrigation. (purdue.edu)
On a per hectare basis, cotton and soybeans were most profitable up to a water price of $170/ML, after which cotton and rainfed wheat were generally more profitable. (grdc.com.au)
Meanwhile, mustard is a nitrogen fixation crop that can be planted next to wheat, which extracts nitrogen from the ground. (thebetterindia.com)
one in my no-till cover cropped field that currently has winter wheat, and one from my neighbor's conventionally tilled field across the fence row. (nwf.org)
Had I decided to use my winter wheat as a cover crop, I could have easily terminated it and had time to plant corn or soybeans. (nwf.org)
One of these systems uses the newly domesticated cereal Kernza TM , also known as Intermediate wheatgrass, while the other follows a conventional crop rotation with crops such as wheat, sugar beet, barley and oilseed rape. (lu.se)

Whitton sunflower grower Craig Kefford used the increased water allocation this season to expand his summer cropping program to include cotton, rice, and maize. (abc.net.au)
A performance assessment of the Decision Support Systems for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) model (v4.5) including the CERES-Maize and CENTURY modules was conducted for continuous maize production under annual synthetic fertilization (CC-F) and no fertilization (CC-NF) using field data from a long-term (53-yr) cropping experiment in Ontario, Canada. (bioone.org)
Nekram cultivates nine crops throughout the year on his five bhiga (less than an acre) land which include maize, moong , beans, rajma, urad dal, ram dana (Amaranthus), foxtail millet, finger millet and buckwheat. (thebetterindia.com)
Most of the Ugandan staple diet is built around other staples like beans, cassava, and banana - leaving maize to function more as a cash crop that responds to regional food security and trade demands, rather than as a household staple. (who.int)

vegetables/carrots/main-crop-carrots/narvik-f1-carrot-seed-4615.html? (johnnyseeds.com)

In 2018, a law prohibiting farms to grow thirsty crops like alfalfa and hay passed in Saudi Arabia in 2018, resulting in the necessity of 'feedstock from abroad,' Eckart Woertz, director of the Germany-based GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies, told CNN. (dailymail.co.uk)
In 2018, Caywood stopped planting cotton entirely because she couldn't get enough water. (aspenpublicradio.org)
2018). This data is e.g. used for the calculation of water scarcity result in Multi-Regional Input-Output (MRIO) assessments of UNEP's IRP Global Resource Outlook (Oberle et al. (mendeley.com)

A new three-year, $472,363 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative will support more field testing of water transport in corn plants. (sciencedaily.com)
This SME-led project address to the irrigated agriculture users an integrated and innovative water management solution. (europa.eu)
Water is going to be a major limiting factor for agriculture in much of the world," Patrick Schable said. (keloland.com)
Accounting for approximately 70% of global freshwater withdrawals, agriculture is expected to suffer the greatest impact of water scarcity. (fao.org)
And that use it or lose it mentality is often seen as a barrier to water conservation, particularly in agriculture. (kgnu.org)
That's because growing municipalities are eyeing agriculture which uses about 80% of the state's water. (kgnu.org)
Researchers from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) are utilizing infrared imaging technology in order to monitor water stress on crops as part of the Water Management research program. (vision-systems.com)
In proper combinations, the crop yields can be boosted manifold under irrigated agriculture. (indiaagronet.com)
With proper combination of water and soil nutrients the crop yields can be boosted manifold under irrigated agriculture. (indiaagronet.com)
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA) on Tuesday set production targets of major Kharif crops including cotton and sugarcane. (pakissan.com)
This study explores a paradigm of sustainable land use in the oases along the Tarim River of northwest China, where a fragile, semi-arid riparian ecosystem is being damaged by excessive land and water use for agriculture, especially for the growing of cotton. (cgiar.org)
Growing up in Iran, Afzal knows water availability determines the fate of agriculture. (topcropmanager.com)
Can agriculture shift to perennial grain crops? (lu.se)
The new facility, funded by the European Research Council (ERC Advanced Grant) and Formas, is focused on exploring perennial agricultural crops and their potential to transform modern agriculture. (lu.se)
Here, researchers will measure the exchange of greenhouse gases between the atmosphere and agriculture in real time in two parallel cropping systems. (lu.se)
Therefore, treated wastewater is samples of raw and treated wastewater, 20 now used as a water source for agriculture litres of each, were taken from the inlet and and irrigation of fields. (who.int)

The WF distinguishes between blue water (volume of surface and groundwater consumed), green water (rain-water consumed), and grey water (volume of freshwater that is required to assimilate the load of pollutants based on existing ambient water quality standards). (upm.es)

AgriMet uses the 1982 Kimberly-Penman ET model developed by the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Kimberly, Idaho to compute daily reference ET at each station, and uses alfalfa as the reference crop. (usbr.gov)
Specific crop coefficients are then used to compute crop specific ET based on the alfalfa reference ET. (usbr.gov)
One of the crops they're looking at here is Alfalfa which Varsi says has a direct relationship with the water it receives. (kgnu.org)
Working on a fifth-generation family farm with her son, Travis, Caywood knows about the challenges of growing alfalfa and cotton - two water-heavy crops - in south-central Arizona. (aspenpublicradio.org)
Caywood calculates she needs 7 to 9 acre-feet of water a year to keep her alfalfa green and healthy. (aspenpublicradio.org)
She focused on alfalfa, a crop that's more than just cattle feed. (aspenpublicradio.org)
But when she found out in January that her water would be cut, she wondered how much alfalfa she'd be able to grow. (aspenpublicradio.org)

Marg and Garry Knagge, who farm at Gogeldrie, near Leeton, produce prime lambs, grow winter crops for grain and hay, and when there is water available a summer rice crop which provides up to 60 per cent of their income. (abc.net.au)
Proso millet is a hardy cereal grain that requires about half the water corn needs per bushel of grain produced. (keloland.com)
The concentration of As in rice grain or straw of Boro rice increased significantly with increasing As concentrations in the irrigation water, the values for grain As for every As treatment were below the Maximum Permissible Level (1.0 ppm). (scialert.net)
Application of As added to the first crop (Boro rice) had significant residual effects on the second crop (T. Aman rice) in respect of plant height, panicle length, grains/panicle, grain and straw yields. (scialert.net)

Some producers fear irrigation water may contribute to imbibitional chilling injury , a condition that may happen when seeds are exposed to cold soil and water temperatures during the initial 24 hours for soybeans to 36 hours for corn as seedlings begin the germination process when the seeds imbibe water and potentially rupture during the swelling process. (purdue.edu)
Farmer Bruce Peterson, who grows corn and soybeans in southeastern Minnesota, chuckled wryly that the dry weather had withered his family's crop so extensively they won't need to worry so much about the high cost of transporting the goods downriver. (abc4.com)

Exacerbated by climate change, growing scarcity and competition for water stand as major threats to future advances in food security, nutrition and poverty alleviation, with further impacts on the environment and human health, especially in rural areas. (fao.org)
Proper appreciation of the relationships among soils, crops, climate and water is essential for an efficient and economic use of water resources for maximum crop production. (indiaagronet.com)
Reliable spatio-temporal distribution of ET is important for water resources planning, management and monitoring, efficient irrigation scheduling, and climate change mitigation scenarios. (icarda.org)
CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food-secure future dedicated to transforming food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis. (cgiar.org)
However, there is high uncertainty about the global implications of these effects for future crop production and agricultural water requirements under climate change. (lu.se)
The research facility will play an important role in understanding the ecosystem services and climate benefits that perennial crops can provide. (lu.se)

Depending on soil type, crop residue and irrigation application equipment, early season irrigation can create some soil crusting, which can be accelerated by rapid surface drying. (purdue.edu)
A green and growing cover feeds a whole web of soil organisms - much more than crop residue," Nichols says. (no-tillfarmer.com)
With surface residue from previous crops, weed seeds are having less success germinating. (nwf.org)

Synergies with the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS), which focuses on Africa and with the One Country One Product (OCOP) initiative will be discussed. (fao.org)

While wild flooding is still practiced, it is not recommended by agricultural engineers because the water distribution is uneven and can lead to high saline contents in the soil and to waterlogging. (jrank.org)
Al Dahra Agricultural company, based in Abu Dhabi, and Fondomonte Arizona LLC - a commercial farming venture wholly owned by Almarai, one of the biggest dairy companies in the Gulf region - 'have depleted their [water], that's why they are here,' La Paz County supervisor Holly Irwin said. (dailymail.co.uk)
The Saudi-backed company also owns nearly 3,500 acres in Southern California, another popular mass agricultural spot in America, and uses water from the Colorado River to nurture its crops. (dailymail.co.uk)
And right off Highway 34, there's something else…to the casual observer it looks like all the other farms in this agricultural belt, but it's home to a cutting edge research facility that could hold a solution to Colorado's looming water woes. (kgnu.org)
The misuse of water leads to the problems of water logging, salt imbalance, etc. thus rendering agricultural lands unproductive. (indiaagronet.com)
Water is a costly input when canals supply it misuse of water leads to water logging, salt imbalance etc. rendering agricultural lands unproductive. (indiaagronet.com)
A pot culture experiment was carried out at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh to see the effects irrigation water arsenic (As) on Boro rice (February to June) and the residual effect on T. Aman rice (August-November). (scialert.net)
To build a common capacity of the local institutions on ETa measurements, in the field and through RS, on accuracy assessments of RS ETa data of different databases and on their analysis and use for agricultural-related applications (e.g., water accounting, water productivity, water management, etc. (icarda.org)
A survey of agricultural technologies influencing the biosynthesis and accumulation of phenolic compounds in crop plants is presented, including observations on the effects of light, temperature, mineral nutrition, water management, grafting, elevated atmospheric CO 2 , growth and differentiation of the plant and application of elicitors, stimulating agents and plant activators. (mdpi.com)

As the plant grows, new lanes are added to this highway to increase the flux of water and nutrients from the soil to the shoot," explains Jose Sebastian, post-doctoral fellow at the Carnegie Institution for Science, and lead author of the study. (zmescience.com)
Water affects the performance of crops not only direclty but also indirectly by influencing the availability of other nutrients, the timing of cultural operations, etc. (indiaagronet.com)
Many times they are trading nutrients which they acquire from the soil, and in some cases, they also trade water," she says. (no-tillfarmer.com)
Because these threads are so much smaller than plant roots, they have access to more soil and the nutrients or water it contains," Nichols says. (no-tillfarmer.com)
The way plants get nutrients from the soil to their roots is through water. (no-tillfarmer.com)
Our controlled release fertilizers help to match supply of nutrients to the demand of the plant throughout the crop cycle. (everris.com)
This offers the added value of ensuring that young plants are not stressed by excess salt levels and that plants will not face lack of nutrients during the crop cycle, with result in a healthier plant. (everris.com)

The technology could have many other applications, including sensors for biomedical diagnostics, for checking the structural integrity of buildings, for monitoring the environment and, with modifications, for testing crops for diseases or pesticides. (sciencedaily.com)
After a Saturday morning mass on December 21, the church's congregation gathered at a local airstrip to load water, instead of its usual pesticides, onto the aircraft. (georgetakei.com)
Perennial crops have the potential to reduce the need for ploughing and pesticides, which in turn can lead to reduced soil degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. (lu.se)

In order to create a socially equitable and sustainable development, the orthodox view of the water-poverty-development nexus was consistently questioned by participants who are critically questioning the status quo and seeking to accelerate the pace towards a paradigmatic change in the study of the multiple links among poverty, water, and development. (crop.org)
Maintaining a soil ecology that promotes vigorous and sustainable crop production depends heavily on plant diversity. (no-tillfarmer.com)

Last Friday was World Water Day, which was marked with the release of a new report on the growing threat of water scarcity in many regions. (thepigsite.com)
As events were taking place around the world to mark the occasion and to highlight the importance and need for water sustainability, the Worldwatch Institute released a study examining global water use and steps to address water scarcity. (thepigsite.com)
This work provides water scarcity estimates using the AWARE method, which is a recommended method to assess water scarcity footprints and water consumption in LCA The worksheets 'ctry_crop_AWARE_CF' contains the AWARE CFs specific to the average crop growth patterns (regional and temporal distribution) for 160 crops for each country (details described below). (mendeley.com)

Early season irrigation can be more accurately scheduled for monitoring soil moisture in the root zone rather than using a checkbook irrigation scheduling system for newly emerged crops. (purdue.edu)

An inch of irrigation will often be needed in a field that has not received rainfall since the cover crop was destroyed. (purdue.edu)
In most years, rainfall is plentiful enough to replenish water lost to tillage or a cover crop, but a dry layer 6 to 8 inches deep can greatly hinder crop development and needs to be replenished by rain or irrigation. (purdue.edu)
Applications of 0.3 to 0.5 inches of water will move activated soil-applied herbicides if rainfall does not occur within two days after herbicide application. (purdue.edu)
For a summer with average rainfall, the most profitable use of water over summer was irrigated mungbeans and cotton. (grdc.com.au)
Rainfall is the cheapest of source of natural water supply. (indiaagronet.com)
Populations living in areas where the iodine content in soil is depleted through repeated leaching by water and heavy rainfall are frequently affected. (who.int)

Salt tolerance of crops is the maximum salt level a crop tolerates without losing its productivity while it is affected negatively at higher levels. (wikipedia.org)

The crop yields are consequently unpredictable. (jrank.org)
The discovery could potentially be used to improve crop yields. (zmescience.com)
16 reasonable crop yields only for very tolerant crops A common way to present crop - salinity data is according to the Maas-Hoffman model (see above figure): initially a horizontal line connected to a downward sloping line. (wikipedia.org)

Iowa State University plant scientist Patrick Schnable quickly described how he measured the time it takes for two kinds of corn plants to move water from their roots, to their lower leaves and then to their upper leaves. (sciencedaily.com)
Plants draw most of their water from soil, through their roots. (zmescience.com)
Grasses rely on crown roots to extract water, a type of root unique to this family, which grow down from the regions of the shoot at soil surface (an area known as the crown, hence the name. (zmescience.com)
If water is scarce, the development of crown roots is suppressed and the grass plant maintains a more limited root system, the team found. (zmescience.com)
It is important to water enough to keep roots growing down into the moisture. (purdue.edu)

The occurrence of human pathogenic parasites in irrigation waters used for food crops traditionally eaten raw was investigated. (unboundmedicine.com)

Importantly, the higher yielding varieties remain thrifty water users. (keloland.com)

The presence of water vapor changes the conductivity of the material, and that can be quantified to accurately measure transpiration (the release of water vapor) from a leaf. (sciencedaily.com)
As a crop becomes water stressed, the leaves will start to curl and transpiration will decrease leading to an increase in leaf temperature. (vision-systems.com)

Campaigners from protest group, Stop the Crop, claim that such a move would drastically change farming in Europe, leading to a big increase in pesticide use, contamination of conventional and organic crops and a further industrialisation of the countryside. (thepigsite.com)
In this conventional perspective, the fight against poverty is assumed to be a task that is essentially fulfilled by just providing water to the poor in order to meet their nutritional needs, cleaning and sanitation. (crop.org)

Additionally, soil N min (0 - 90 cm) under the growing crop and after the harvest was recorded. (druglibrary.net)
The food was contaminated before arriving at the point of final preparation by animal or environmental sources, either pre-harvest (e.g., growing field, harvest area, irrigation water, etc.) or post-harvest (e.g., processing or distribution facility, in warehouse storage, during transit, etc. (cdc.gov)

ROMERO: Leef drives street by street looking for oversaturated lawns and water running down roads. (npr.org)
Chlorpyrifos enters the environment through direct exposed to a substance only when you come in application to crops, lawns, domesticated animals, contact with it. (cdc.gov)

This study is focused in calculating the crops WF using a real case of study in a fertirrigated melon crop under semiarid conditions which is principally cultivated in the centre of Spain declared vulnerable zone to nitrate pollution by applying the Directive 91/676/CEE. (upm.es)

Rob Houghton and his grandson Boston in a mung bean crop at Gogeldrie. (abc.net.au)

The tool making these water measurements possible is a tiny graphene sensor that can be taped to plants -- researchers have dubbed it a "plant tattoo sensor. (sciencedaily.com)
Every drop of water on this 70 acre farm is controlled and monitored and it allows researchers like Manijeh Varzi to control how much water goes to a plant, and see what happens when less water is applied. (kgnu.org)
The researchers are imposing stress on crops and monitoring the stress. (vision-systems.com)

But potential exists to increase water-use efficiency with new technology that more accurately detects when plants need to be watered. (topcropmanager.com)
I believe these sensors could improve water-use efficiency considerably," Duiker added. (topcropmanager.com)

These crop coefficients vary throughout the growing season based on the plant growth stage. (usbr.gov)
The crop coefficients are tied to the actual plant growth stage by three dates: Start, Cover, and Terminate dates. (usbr.gov)

In fact, workers with the state's water district watched, with the aid of a camera lowered into the town's well, the water moving, CNN reported. (dailymail.co.uk)

Since there is less water surface in this method, evaporation of water is less than in surface flooding. (jrank.org)
As far as research goes, it's early days, just 3 years into a project that could last 3 decades, and they plan to look at other crops with Varsi says may do much better with less water. (kgnu.org)
What this project is really trying to show is how farms can use less water so they can lease some of their supply to municipalities. (kgnu.org)
The long term internal rate of return variability (risk) associated with the overhead lateral was lower, because this system generally required less water and allowed irrigation on a timelier basis. (grdc.com.au)
The fungi can do this using much less water," she said. (no-tillfarmer.com)
The 9-crop system has multiple benefits to this system including raised fertility, less water and zero inputs costs," says Shyam. (thebetterindia.com)
The aim is to choose crops that use less water, fix nitrogen, increase soil fertility, repel insects and grow faster in small lands. (thebetterindia.com)

Additionally, in areas where sprinkler irrigation is practiced, salty sprinkler water can cause considerable damage by leaf burning, whether the soil is saline or not. (wikipedia.org)

does get into the natural waters, it will be in small amounts and will remain on or near the surface and Chlorpyrifos can also be found at some waste will evaporate. (cdc.gov)

Artificial water supply through irrigation on one occasion, and the removal of excess water through drainage on another occasion, therefore, become imperative, if the crops are to be raised successfully. (indiaagronet.com)
Artificial water supply through irrigation on one occasion and removal of excess water through drainage on the other becomes imperative. (indiaagronet.com)

In the case of plant studies, the sensors are made with graphene oxide, a material very sensitive to water vapor. (sciencedaily.com)
Irrigators in the Murrumbidgee received a 100 per cent water allocation in January, and while it is too late to plant more summer crops, they will be able to hold on to 30 per cent of their allocation for next season. (abc.net.au)
Drip irrigation is highly efficient with water being applied directly to the root of the plant. (kgnu.org)
Some of them are getting 30% of total crop water requirement, some get 50, some get 70 and there is one control plot that gets all the water that the plant needs. (kgnu.org)
If moisture is reintroduced into the soil, crown root growth is quickly resumed, so the plant can take advantage of all available water. (zmescience.com)
Below the soil's surface, Nichols says cover crops play a vital role in soil and plant health. (no-tillfarmer.com)
Plant height, plant density, dry matter production, and nitrogen content in above-ground plant material and crop residues were determined. (druglibrary.net)
Simply put, the leaf electrical capacitance changes in response to variation in plant water status and ambient light. (topcropmanager.com)
So, the analysis of leaf thickness and capacitance variations indicate plant water status-well-watered versus stressed. (topcropmanager.com)
The study is the latest in a line of research Afzal hopes will end in the development of a system in which leaf clip sensors will send precise information about plant moisture to a central unit in a field, which then communicates in real time with an irrigation system to water the crop. (topcropmanager.com)

Elizabeth Salomone is the general manager for the Russian River Flood Control and Water Conservation Improvement District. (npr.org)
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The area to be irrigated is surrounded by banks (checks) and then watered from a main source along a high point in the basin. (jrank.org)
A drain is also placed along the major depression of a basin to allow water to run off. (jrank.org)
Basin watering is not generally recommended for flat ground. (jrank.org)
WORKSHOP: This cross-continental and interdisciplinary workshop was jointly organised by the CLACSO-CROP Programme, Makerere University, The Nile Basin Programme (NBRP) and The Nordic Africa Institute (NAI). (crop.org)

Highly volatile climatic conditions, water costs and water allocations (often linked to the seasonal and political context) demand more informed crop and irrigation choices at the outset of the growing season. (grdc.com.au)
The idea is simple - to have backup harvested crops in case one of them fails due to climatic conditions or pest attacks. (thebetterindia.com)

ctry_crop_total blue water Total irrigation water consumption (blue water) of crops and country. (mendeley.com)
This iscaclulated from grid cell water consumption per kg crop and month, multiplied with corresponding production volumes This data is derived from Pfister and Bayer (2014) and Pfister and Bayer (2017). (mendeley.com)

In Kansas, 40% of the soybean crop was reported in poor or very poor condition, with the same conditions for 40% of the corn crop in Missouri. (abc4.com)

Another ditch at the end of the furrows collects excess water and runs it along to lower lying fields. (jrank.org)

Mute Schimpf, food campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe said: "This campaign aims to stop further genetically modified crops from being licensed in the European Union. (thepigsite.com)
E fforts to meet the food and energy needs of an expanding world population have led to a large-scale expansion and intensification of crop production systems. (jswconline.org)
SOC stocks are critical to the provisioning and regulating services (figure 1) that underlie the production of food, fresh water, air quality, erosion prevention, nutrient cycling, and support of habitat (Dominati et al. (jswconline.org)
Explaining the decisions taken at the FCA meeting, Minister for National Food Security and Research, Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan told a news conference that the availability of water in canal heads will remain 62.03m acres feet (MAF) as against average usage of 69.4MAF. (pakissan.com)
They have electrolocation in their bills that lets them detect their food under water. (georgetakei.com)
This ensures that even if the farmer cannot sell the crops for some reason, he still has food for his family. (thebetterindia.com)
We identify regional disparities driven by differences in growing conditions across agro-ecosystems that could have implications for increasing food production without compromising water security. (lu.se)
A leaky roof permits water to seep into a walk-in refrigerator and contaminates stored food. (cdc.gov)
Drug-resistant bacteria can circulate in populations of human beings and animals, through food, water and the environment, and transmission is influenced by trade, travel and both human and animal migration. (who.int)
The greatest impact to the people of Palau at this time may be the risk of not having enough food and water because of salt-water inundation. (cdc.gov)
Particularly in outer islands in the Pacific where the populations depend on local sources for food and water, the results are severe and relatively long lasting. (cdc.gov)

Aggressive cover crop growth and sometimes lack of timely spring rain may leave fields lacking moisture for optimum planting or seedling germination. (purdue.edu)
Late spring tillage and the delays in killing cover crops are two reasons we see drier than normal planting conditions in some fields. (purdue.edu)
Irrigation water applied at 0.5 to 0.75 inches will moisten dry soil down to 6 inches to replace water lost to tillage or a cover crop. (purdue.edu)
Cover crops can be an important part of keeping moisture in the soil because they keep that soil covered," Nichols said. (no-tillfarmer.com)
To increase the overall beneficial soil organisms, I recommend implementing a diverse cover crop mixture. (no-tillfarmer.com)
When non-legumes are used as cover crops they are very universal. (blueearthswcd.org)
If you are interested in cover crops and would like to know more details contact us today at the Blue Earth SWCD. (blueearthswcd.org)
We can help you create a plan for cover crops that will target the goals you have for the soil in your field. (blueearthswcd.org)
We can also help by providing funding sources that will assist with the financial costs during your trials with attempting to restore your soil health with cover crops. (blueearthswcd.org)
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The soil temperature of a no till cover crop field shows 63 degrees. (nwf.org)
Soil temperature readings showed my neighbor's heavily tilled soil at 54 degrees and my no till cover cropped field at 63 degrees. (nwf.org)
And for me, no till and cover crops provide the best drainage system. (nwf.org)
Despite heavy rains that have prevented most field work on tilled fields in the area, I have been able to move forward with my management thanks to no till and cover crops. (nwf.org)

ROMERO: Water is so tight that as many as 2,400 ranchers, grape-growers and other rural residents won't be able to rely on the river this year. (npr.org)
Right now with the laws being the way they are with water rights, there isn't really an incentive for growers to save their water. (kgnu.org)
In any given season, irrigated crop growers are faced with multiple and competing decisions. (grdc.com.au)
Crop water use will assist growers with irrigation scheduling and efficient water use. (unl.edu)

To achieve these goals, the MOSES project combines in an innovative and integrated platform a wide range of data and technological resources: EO data, probabilistic seasonal forecasting and numerical weather prediction, crop water requirement and irrigation modelling and online GIS Decision Support System. (europa.eu)
How does water price and seasonal irrigation requirement affect crop choice and crop gross margin? (grdc.com.au)

Nichols adds that soil rich with living organisms has a soil structure more conducive to water retention. (no-tillfarmer.com)

Above Image: Jason VonLembke, VP of United Water Sanitation District and Project manager for SIEP checks a pump system for the drip irrigation at the SIEP research facility. (kgnu.org)
In order to provide images of the water-stressed crops, the USDA developed an imaging system that consists of a FLIR A655sc infrared camera, as well as an RGB camera, an IR thermometer, a multispectral camera, and a GPS. (vision-systems.com)
Most of that water is delivered through the Central Arizona Project, an aqueduct system that delivers water throughout the state. (aspenpublicradio.org)
The climatic and crop variables needed for the Penman Monteith method are derived through the Cordova-ET system (an enhanced agro-meteorological station) which was recently developed by Cordoba University, Spain. (icarda.org)

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