Effects of gravel-sand mulch, plastic mulch and ridge and furrow rainfall harvesting system combinations on water use efficiency, soil temperature and watermelon yield in a semi-arid Loess Plateau of northwestern China

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-92

  Wang, Yajun ^a   Xie, Zhongkui ^a   Malhi, Sukhdev S ^b   Vera, Cecil L ^b   Zhang, Yubao ^a   Guo, Zhihong ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Gravel sand mulch; Ridge and furrow rainfall harvesting system; Soil temperature; Water use efficiency; Watermelon; Yield

Indexed keywords

GRAVEL-SAND MULCH; RIDGE AND FURROW; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WATERMELON; YIELD;

ARID REGIONS; CROPS; EFFICIENCY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRAVEL; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; PLASTIC FILMS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; RAIN; SOILS; TEMPERATURE; WATER SUPPLY;

SAND;

CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; FURROW IRRIGATION; GRAVEL; GROWTH RESPONSE; MULCH; MULCHING; RAINFALL; SAND; SEMIARID REGION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA; GANSU; LANZHOU; LOESS PLATEAU;

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 80054989840     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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