Effect of plastic mulching on soil water use and spring wheat yield in arid region of northwest China

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-83

  Xie, Zhong Kui ^a   Wang, Ya Jun ^a   Li, Feng Min ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Plastic mulch; Spring wheat; Water use efficiency; Yield

Indexed keywords

CROPS; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; SOILS;

MINIMUM SOIL WATER CONTENT (MSWC); PLASTIC MULCHING; SPRING WHEAT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY (WUE);

WATER;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOIL; WATER;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOIL WATER;

EVAPORATION; IRRIGATION; SOIL; TRANSPIRATION; WATER; WHEAT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 18844447243     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2004.12.014     Document Type: Article

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