Water logging is a serious threat to crop production. It causes oxygen deficiency in the root zone due to saturation of the soil pore system with water and consequently total yield failure depending on timing and duration of the water logging event. With changing climate, soil waterlogging is a growing threat to food security. Despite this, contemporary approaches employed in crop models to simulate waterlogging are in their infancy. Critical deficiencies persist in accurately simulating the soil processes, which lead to soil water logging as wells as the consequences in crop phenological development and yield formation. Advanced crop modelling analytics will enable scenario analysis and, with time, farming systems adaptation to climate change and increasing frequency of crop failure due to waterlogging.
Link to paper: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01179-y
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