Effects of rainfall harvesting and mulching technologies on soil water, temperature, and maize yield in Loess Plateau region of China

Soil Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-113

  Li, Rong ^a   Hou, Xianqing ^a   Jia, Zhikuan ^a   Han, Qingfang ^a   Yang, Baoping ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

mulch; ridge and furrow rainwater harvesting; soil temperature; soil water; spring maize; yield.

Indexed keywords

MULCH; RIDGE AND FURROW; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; SPRING MAIZE; YIELD.;

ARID REGIONS; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CROPS; EFFICIENCY; LIQUID FILMS; PLASTIC FILMS; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; STANDARDS; TEMPERATURE;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; GROWING SEASON; HARVESTING; MAIZE; MULCHING; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; TOPSOIL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI; WEIBEI PLATEAU;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84859308101     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR11331     Document Type: Article

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