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Water is essential for agricultural production and food security. Water scarcity is expected to intensify as a result of climate change and continuing expansion in the world’s population. Therefore, it calls for efficient water management in agriculture ensuring water use to be more efficient, productive, equitable, and environment friendly. Regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) is one of the recent tools used in agriculture water management. The effects of RDI on the performance of 4 years old apricot trees ( Prunus armeniaca  L. cv. ‘New Castle’) were assessed during two critical crop growth periods (March–July 2016 and 2017) and one non-critical period (August–November 2016) in a randomized block design in the apricot block at Experimental Farm of the Department of Soil Science and Water Management, Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP), India during two consecutive growing seasons (2016 and 2017). In the non-critical period, RDI @60%ETc can be successfully employed to achieve significantly comparative fruit yield and quality with 40% water savings over conventional drip irrigation @100%ETc, while in critical period conventional drip irrigation @100%ETc must be used for higher apricot production. Therefore, the apricot crop should be irrigated through drip irrigation @100% ETc in the critical period (March-July) and @60% ETc in the non-critical period (August-November) with black polyethylene (plastic) mulching in the plant basins to achieve optimum fruit yield and quality characteristics.

Evaluation of regulated deficit drip irrigation strategies in apricot