Bruce Linquist

Nov 21, 2024 | nature.com | Xuhui Wang |Bruce Linquist |Christoph Müller |Yue Qin

AbstractRice is the staple food for half of the world’s population but also has the largest water footprint among cereal crops. Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) is a promising irrigation strategy to improve paddy rice’s water productivity—defined as the ratio of rice yield to irrigation water use. However, its global adoption has been limited due to concerns about potential yield losses and uncertainties regarding water productivity improvements.