Optimizing deficit drip irrigation to improve yield,quality, and water productivity of apple in Loess Plateau of China

Suitability of agronomic water saving in karst areas and its enlightenment in the karst desertification control

“…The irrigation amount is lower than the normal evapotranspiration of crops [ [89] , [90] , [91] , [92] ]. This measure aims to produce no or less effect on the yield on the premise of diminished the water consumption [ [93] , [94] , [95] ], and then to improve the irrigation WUE and crop WUE [ [96] , [97] , [98] , [99] ]. Currently, the irrigated agriculture has moved from the traditional single pursuit of yield to the stage of simultaneous enhancement of yield and WUE [ 100 ].…”