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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
46
Citations
11248
World Ranking
2630
National Ranking
1

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Irrigation
  • Ecology

His primary areas of study are Irrigation, Water use, Water-use efficiency, Agronomy and Evapotranspiration. His Deficit irrigation and Irrigation management investigations are all subjects of Irrigation research. The concepts of his Deficit irrigation study are interwoven with issues in Farm water and Agricultural productivity.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Arid and Water resource management. His Evapotranspiration study deals with Crop yield intersecting with Crop rotation and Water content. Theib Oweis has included themes like Water conservation, Water resources and Rainwater harvesting in his Rainfed agriculture study.

His most cited work include:

  • Irrigation management under water scarcity (588 citations)
  • Improving agricultural water productivity: Between optimism and caution (424 citations)
  • Managing water in rainfed agriculture—The need for a paradigm shift (384 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Irrigation, Agronomy, Rainwater harvesting, Water-use efficiency and Water resource management are his primary areas of study. He combines subjects such as Water use, Crop yield and Evapotranspiration with his study of Irrigation. His work is dedicated to discovering how Agronomy, Salinity are connected with Drought tolerance and other disciplines.

In his study, Soil water, Watershed and Ecosystem is strongly linked to Surface runoff, which falls under the umbrella field of Rainwater harvesting. The study incorporates disciplines such as Dry matter and Poaceae in addition to Water-use efficiency. His Water resource management study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Water quality, Farm water, Water scarcity and Hydrology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Irrigation (47.58%)
  • Agronomy (35.48%)
  • Rainwater harvesting (25.00%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Irrigation (47.58%)
  • Environmental planning (8.06%)
  • Agriculture (12.90%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Theib Oweis mainly focuses on Irrigation, Environmental planning, Agriculture, Crop yield and Agronomy. His Irrigation research includes elements of Water resource management, Agricultural productivity, Rainwater harvesting and Water resources. His study looks at the relationship between Water resources and fields such as Drainage basin, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.

His study in Agriculture is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Resource management and Sustainable development. While the research belongs to areas of Crop yield, Theib Oweis spends his time largely on the problem of Agroforestry, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Irrigation scheduling, Water stress and Food security. His studies deal with areas such as Olea and Water content as well as Agronomy.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Priming effect of (13)C-labelled wheat straw in no-tillage soil under drying and wetting cycles in the Loess Plateau of China. (16 citations)
  • Rainwater harvesting for restoring degraded dry agro-pastoral ecosystems: a conceptual review of opportunities and constraints in a changing climate (12 citations)
  • Supplemental irrigation potential and impact on downstream flow of Karkheh River basin in Iran (11 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Irrigation

His scientific interests lie mostly in Irrigation, Environmental planning, Water resources, Crop yield and Surface water. His Irrigation research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Agriculture and Resource management. His research in Environmental planning intersects with topics in Agroforestry, Soil conservation, Rainwater harvesting and Livelihood.

He interconnects Traditional knowledge, Rangeland, Ecosystem and Surface runoff in the investigation of issues within Rainwater harvesting. His Crop yield study combines topics in areas such as Stem elongation, Grain yield and Durum Wheats. His research integrates issues of Drainage basin, Streamflow and Deficit irrigation, Irrigation statistics in his study of Surface water.

Best Publications

  • Irrigation management under water scarcity

    Luis Santos Pereira;Theib Oweis;Abdelaziz Zairi

  • Improving agricultural water productivity: Between optimism and caution

    David Molden;Theib Oweis;Pasquale Steduto;Prem Bindraban

  • Managing water in rainfed agriculture—The need for a paradigm shift

    Johan Rockström;Louise Karlberg;Suhas P. Wani;Jennie Barron

  • Water–yield relations and optimal irrigation scheduling of wheat in the Mediterranean region

    Heping Zhang;Theib Oweis

  • Water harvesting and supplemental irrigation for improved water productivity of dry farming systems in West Asia and North Africa

    Theib Oweis;Ahmed Hachum

  • Water Harvesting and Supplemental Irrigation for Improved Water Use Efficiency in Dry Areas

    Theib Y. Oweis;A. Hachum;J. Kijne

  • Parameterization and Evaluation of the AquaCrop Model for Full and Deficit Irrigated Cotton

    Hamid J. Farahani;Gabriella Izzi;Theib Y. Oweis

  • Water Use Efficiency of Rainfed and Irrigated Bread Wheat in a Mediterranean Environment

    Theib Oweis;Heping Zhang;Mustafa Pala

  • Rainfed Agriculture: Unlocking the Potential

    Suhas P. Wani;Johan Rockström;Theib Y. Oweis

  • SUPPLEMENTAL IRRIGATION A HIGHLY EFFICIENT WATER-USE PRACTICE

    Theib Oweis

  • Stabilizing Rainfed Wheat Yields with Supplemental Irrigation and Nitrogen in a Mediterranean Climate

    Theib Oweis;Mustafa Pala;John Ryan

  • Water-use efficiency and transpiration efficiency of wheat under rain-fed conditions and supplemental irrigation in a Mediterranean-type environment

    Heping Zhang;Theib Y. Oweis;Sonia Garabet;Mustafa Pala

  • Managing water in rainfed agriculture

    J. Rockstrom;N. Hatibu;T. Y. Oweis;S. Wani

  • Water use and water-use efficiency of chickpea and lentil in a Mediterranean environment

    H. Zhang;M. Pala;T. Oweis;H. Harris

  • The role of supplemental irrigation and nitrogen in producing bread wheat in the highlands of Iran

    Ali Reza Tavakkoli;Theib Y Oweis

  • Water harvesting: indigenous knowledge for the future of the drier environments

    Theib Oweis;Dieter Prinz;Ahmed Hachum

  • Improving Water Productivity in the Dry Areas of West Asia and North Africa

    T. Y. Oweis;A. Y. Hachum;J. W. Kijne;R. Barker

  • Durum wheat and barley productivity in saline-drought environments.

    Nader Katerji;M. Mastrorilli;J.W. Van Hoorn;F.Z. Lahmer

  • Yield and water-production functions of two durum wheat cultivars grown under different irrigation and nitrogen regimes

    Fadi Karam;Rabih Kabalan;Joêlle Breidi;Youssef Rouphael

  • Lentil production under supplemental irrigation in a Mediterranean environment

    Theib Oweis;Ahmed Hachum;Mustafa Pala

  • Reducing peak supplemental irrigation demand by extending sowing dates

    Theib Oweis;Ahmed Hachum

Frequent Co-Authors

Nader Katerji
Nader Katerji INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Marcello Mastrorilli
Marcello Mastrorilli The Canadian Real Estate Association
Johan Rockström
Johan Rockström Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Piero Lionello
Piero Lionello University of Salento
Suhas P. Wani
Suhas P. Wani International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Marco Bindi
Marco Bindi University of Florence
Roberto Ferrise
Roberto Ferrise University of Florence
Claudia Ringler
Claudia Ringler International Food Policy Research Institute
Clare M. Goodess
Clare M. Goodess University of East Anglia
Mutasem El-Fadel
Mutasem El-Fadel Khalifa University

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