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Anthony A. Amori, Olufemi P. Abimbola, Trenton E. Franz, Daran Rudnick, Javed Iqbal and Haishun Yang
Model calibration is essential for acceptable model performance and applications. The Hybrid-Maize model, developed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is a process-based crop simulation model that simulates maize growth as a function of crop and fiel...
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Heleen Jalink and Carel Dieperink
In times of climate change, periods of drought will occur more frequently. This causes challenges for water use, ranging from limitations on the navigability of water courses, limited availability of water for irrigation and drinking water supply, reduce...
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Seokkyun Ko and Sangyong Lee
Research was conducted to improve the system efficiency of a fuel-processing system combined with a hydrogen-purification system to supply hydrogen to a 10 kW residential building proton-exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). The system consists of a steam...
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Roma Bodycomb, Andrew W. M. Pomeroy and Rebecca L. Morris
Suspended kelp canopies have the potential to provide a coastal protection service in addition to their primary function of generating a sustainable resource. In this study, the attenuation of incident waves by kelp suspended from the surface was quantif...
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Yan Gong, Xinghua Xie and Jingkai Liu
As a new type of unconventional natural gas resource, shale gas plays a vital role in energy supply. In order to deeply understand the shale fracture seepage characteristics, filled and unfilled fracture seepage tests were carried out on shale samples wi...
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Isabella T. Tomasi, Sílvia C. R. Santos, Rui A. R. Boaventura and Cidália M. S. Botelho
Tannins are natural polyphenolic compounds widely found in plants. The production of natural coagulants for water treatment is one of their new applications. Polyphenols extraction is the first step for synthesizing tannin-based coagulants. Eucalyptus gl...
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Zouhour Moussaoui, Matteo Gentilucci, Khyria Wederni, Naima Hidouri, Monji Hamedi, Zahra Dhaoui and Younes Hamed
The Maknessy plain in central Tunisia is one of the most important agricultural basins in Tunisia. Given the semi-arid climate conditions, the irrigation of cultivated crops relies principally on the abstraction from groundwater resources. The assessment...
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Jan M. Sitterson, Allan A. Andales, Daniel F. Mooney, Maria Cristina Capurro and Joe E. Brummer
Recent Colorado, USA water law provisions allow a portion of irrigation water to be leased between agricultural and other users. Reducing consumptive use (CU) through deficit irrigation while maintaining some crop production could allow farmers to earn r...
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Aliasghar Montazar and Daniel Putnam
Drought and climate change have decreased water availability for agriculture, especially in the desert of southwestern USA. Efficiency enhancements in irrigation management aimed at conserving water are key to adjust to limits in water supply, improve pr...
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Zhijie Li, Hongguang Liu, Haichang Yang and Tangang Wang
A long-term high-saline soil environment will limit the improvement of soil quality and cotton yield. Modified tillage management measures can improve soil quality, and the establishment of a soil quality evaluation system will facilitate evaluation of t...
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