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A g r ic u lt u r a l I r r ig a t io n • A lia s g h a r M o n t a z a r Agricultural Irrigation Edited by Aliasghar Montazar Printed Edition of the Special Issue Published in Agriculture www.mdpi.com/journal/agriculture Agricultural Irrigation Agricultural Irrigation SpecialIssueEditor AliasgharMontazar MDPI•Basel•Beijing•Wuhan•Barcelona•Belgrade SpecialIssueEditor AliasgharMontazar UniversityofCaliforniaCooperativeExtension USA EditorialOffice MDPI St.Alban-Anlage66 4052Basel,Switzerland This is a reprint of articles from the Special Issue published online in the open access journal Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472) from 2018 to 2019 (available at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ agriculture/specialissues/AgriculturalIrrigation). Forcitationpurposes,citeeacharticleindependentlyasindicatedonthearticlepageonlineandas indicatedbelow: LastName,A.A.; LastName,B.B.; LastName,C.C.ArticleTitle. JournalNameYear,ArticleNumber, PageRange. 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Contents AbouttheSpecialIssueEditor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Prefaceto”AgriculturalIrrigation” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix AmirHaghverdi,BrianLeib,RobertWashington-Allen,WesleyC.Wright,SomayehGhodsi, TimothyGrant,MuziZhengandPhueVanchiasong StudyingCropYieldResponsetoSupplementalIrrigationandtheSpatialHeterogeneityofSoil PhysicalAttributesinaHumidRegion Reprintedfrom:Agriculture2019,9,43,doi:10.3390/agriculture9020043 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PrudentiaZikalala,IsayaKisekkaandMarkGrismer Calibration and Global Sensitivity Analysis for a Salinity Model Used in Evaluating Fields IrrigatedwithTreatedWastewaterintheSalinasValley Reprintedfrom:Agriculture2019,9,31,doi:10.3390/agriculture9020031 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 AliMontazar,MichaelCahnandAlexanderPutman Research Advances in Adopting Drip Irrigation for California Organic Spinach: PreliminaryFindings Reprintedfrom:Agriculture2019,9,177,doi:10.3390/agriculture9080177 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 RosaFrancavigliaandClaudiaDiBene DeficitDripIrrigationinProcessingTomatoProductionintheMediterraneanBasin. AData AnalysisforItaly Reprintedfrom:Agriculture2019,9,79,doi:10.3390/agriculture9040079 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 DivyaHanda,RobertS.Frazier,SalehTaghvaeianandJasonG.Warren The Efficiencies, Environmental Impacts and Economics of Energy Consumption for Groundwater-BasedIrrigationinOklahoma Reprintedfrom:Agriculture2019,9,27,doi:10.3390/agriculture9020027 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 GulomBekmirzaev,JoseBeltraoandBaghdadOuddane EffectofIrrigationWaterRegimesonYieldofTetragoniaTetragonioides Reprintedfrom:Agriculture2019,9,22,doi:10.3390/agriculture9010022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Yong-zongLu,Peng-feiLiu,AliasgharMontazar,Kyaw-ThaPawUandYong-guangHu SoilWaterInfiltrationModelforSprinklerIrrigationControlStrategy:ACaseforTeaPlantation inYangtzeRiverRegion Reprintedfrom:Agriculture2019,9,206,doi:10.3390/agriculture9100206 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 FaithM.Muema,PatrickG.HomeandJamesM.Raude ApplicationofBenchmarkingandPrincipalComponentAnalysisinMeasuringPerformanceof PublicIrrigationSchemesinKenya Reprintedfrom:Agriculture2018,8,162,doi:10.3390/agriculture8100162 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Muzi Zheng, Brian Leib, David Butler, Wesley Wright, Paul Ayers, Douglas Hayes and Amir Haghverdi Assessing Heat Management Practices in High Tunnels to Improve the Production of Romaine Lettuce Reprintedfrom:Agriculture2019,9,203,doi:10.3390/agriculture9090203 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 v PanagiotisDalias,AnastasisChristouandDamianosNeocleous Adjustment of Irrigation Schedules as a Strategy to Mitigate Climate Change Impacts on AgricultureinCyprus Reprintedfrom:Agriculture2019,9,4,doi:10.3390/agriculture9010004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 vi About the Special Issue Editor AliasgharMontazarholdsaPhDinirrigationanddrainageengineering,andiscurrentlyIrrigation andWaterManagementAdvisorattheUniversityofCaliforniaDivisionofAgricultureandNatural Resources. He is a previous Project Scientist at the University of California, Davis, and a former AssociateProfessorattheDepartmentofIrrigationandDrainageEngineering,UniversityofTehran. His research, teaching, and outreach activities focus on best irrigation and nutrient management practices,deficitirrigationstrategy,viabilityassessmentofon-farmwaterconservationpracticesand technologies,sensor-basedagriculturalwatermanagementandcropwaterusemeasurements,and thedevelopmentofcropcoefficientsinCalifornialowdesertcroppingsystems. vii Preface to ”Agricultural Irrigation” Agriculture is certainly the most important food supplier, globally accounting for more than 70%ofusedwaterandcontributingsignificantlytowaterpollution. Irrigatedagricultureisfacing risingcompetitionworldwideregardingaccesstoreliable,low-cost,andhigh-qualitywaterresources. However, irrigation, as the major tool and determinant of affecting agricultural productivity and environmental resources, plays a critical role in food security and environment sustainability. Innovative irrigation technologies and practices may enhance agricultural water efficiency and production,simultaneouslymitigatingwaterdemandandqualityissues. This Special Issue brings together a collection of ten cutting-edge studies focusing on recent advancementsinagriculturalirrigationwhichassessthecurrentchallengesandofferapproaches, tools,andopportunitiesfortheimprovementoffutureirrigation. Haghverdiandco-workersreport cottoncropyieldresponsetoirrigationandthespatialheterogeneityofsoilphysicalattributesina humidregion. Zikalalaandco-workerspresentarootzonesalinitymodelforvegetablecrops. My groupandIreportapreliminaryviabilityassessmentofusingdripirrigationfororganicspinach production and the management of spinach downy mildew disease. Francaviglia and co-worker outline the effects of deficit irrigation strategies on crop yields and irrigation water utilization efficiencyofprocessingtomato. Handaandco-workersreporttheresultsoftheirinvestigationon the efficiencies, environmental footprint, and economics of irrigation pumping in two Oklahoma areas that rely heavily on groundwater resources. Bekmirzaev and co-workers outline the effect ofirrigationwaterregimesonTetragoniatetragonioidesproductivityinasemi-aridregion. Luand co-workers present a model developed for optimal sprinkler irrigation management in tea fields of the Yangtze River region. Muema and co-workers report a combination of benchmarking and principalcomponentanalysisforevaluatingtheefficiencyofirrigationschemesinKenya.Daliasand co-workersoutlinetherequiredadjustmentofirrigationschedulesasastrategytomitigateclimate changeimpactsonagricultureinCyprus. And,finally,Zhengandco-workersdiscussanevaluation ofmanagementpractices(covercrops,mulcting,andusingcitywaterforirrigation)onimproving thermalprotectionwithlowinputsustainablepracticesinlettuceproduction. IhopethisSpecial Issuewillbeusefultoresearchers,professionals,andstudents,aswellascontributetodevelopments infutureirrigation. AliasgharMontazar SpecialIssueEditor ix
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