The increasing population, water scarcity, and labor cost demand more high-yield, water-saving, and efficient maize production. Grain mechanical harvesting, the quality of which is mainly influenced by grain moisture content, can improve the efficiency and decrease the harvest cost of maize...

Improvement in seed vigor and yield of hybrid maize is required to ensure food security. Optimal planting density and irrigation depth under limited water availability are critical for hybrid maize seed production in arid areas. Based on field experimental data during 2012 to 2017, an integrated...

The temporal patterns of evapotranspiration (ET) and its biophysical and physiological controls (e.g., soil water content, solar radiation, and canopy conductance) occur over a wide range of time-scales ranging from seconds to decades. Thus, there is increasing interest in understanding at which...