Regulated deficit irrigation for crop production under drought stress : a review

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creativework.keywords - en
Water in agriculture
Eau en agriculture
Rationnement contrôlé de l'irrigation
creativework.keywords - fr
Crops--Effect of drought on
Cultures--Effets de la sécheresse sur
Crops--Drought tolerance
dc.contributor.author
Chai, Qiang
Gan, Yantai
Zhao, Cai
Xu, Hui-Lian
Waskom, Reagan M.
Niu, Yining
Siddique, Kadambot H. M.
dc.date.accepted
2015-11-06
dc.date.accessioned
2024-06-03T14:10:10Z
dc.date.available
2024-06-03T14:10:10Z
dc.date.issued
2015-12-18
dc.date.submitted
2015
dc.description.abstract - en
Agriculture consumes more than two thirds of the total freshwater of the planet. This issue causes substantial conflict in freshwater allocation between agriculture and other economic sectors. Regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) is key technology because it helps to improve water use efficiency. Nonetheless, there is a lack of understanding of the mechanisms with which plants respond to RDI. In particular, little is known about how RDI might increase crop production while reducing the amount of irrigation water in real-world agriculture. In this review, we found that RDI is largely implemented through three approaches: (1) growth stage-based deficit irrigation, (2) partial root-zone irrigation, and (3) subsurface dripper irrigation. Among these, partial root-zone irrigation is the most popular and effective because many field crops and some woody crops can save irrigation water up to 20 to 30 % without or with a minimal impact on crop yield. Improved water use efficiency with RDI is mainly due to the following: (1) enhanced guard cell signal transduction network that decreases transpiration water loss, (2) optimized stomatal control that improves the photosynthesis to transpiration ratio, and (3) decreased evaporative surface areas with partial root-zone irrigation that reduces soil evaporation. The mechanisms involved in the plant response to RDI-induced water stress include the morphological traits, e.g., increased root to shoot ratio and improved nutrient uptake and recovery; physiological traits, e.g., stomatal closure, decreased leaf respiration, and maintained photosynthesis; and biochemical traits, e.g., increased signaling molecules and enhanced antioxidation enzymatic activity.
dc.description.fosrcfull - en
Published online in 2015. Published in print in 2016.
dc.description.fosrcfull-fosrctranslation - fr
Publié en ligne en 2015. Publié en version imprimée en 2016.
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Chai, Q., Gan, Y., Zhao, C., Xu, H.-L., Waskom, R. M., Niu, Y., & Siddique, K. H. M. (2016). Regulated deficit irrigation for crop production under drought stress : a review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 36, Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-015-0338-6
dc.identifier.doi
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-015-0338-6
dc.identifier.issn
1774-0746
1773-0155
dc.identifier.uri
https://open-science.canada.ca/handle/123456789/2526
dc.language.iso
en
dc.publisher
Springer Nature
dc.rights - en
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights - fr
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.openaccesslevel - en
Gold
dc.rights.openaccesslevel - fr
Or
dc.rights.uri - en
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights.uri - fr
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.fr
dc.subject - en
Agriculture
dc.subject - fr
Agriculture
dc.subject.en - en
Agriculture
dc.subject.fr - fr
Agriculture
dc.title - en
Regulated deficit irrigation for crop production under drought stress : a review
dc.type - en
Article
dc.type - fr
Article
local.acceptedmanuscript.articlenum
3
local.article.journaltitle
Agronomy for Sustainable Development
local.article.journalvolume
36
local.pagination
1-21
local.peerreview - en
Yes
local.peerreview - fr
Oui
local.requestdoi
No
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