Water-saving mechanisms of intercropping system in improving cropland water use efficiency

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1400-1406

  Zhang, Feng Yun ^a,b,c   Wu, Pu Te ^a,b   Zhao, Xi Ning ^a,b   Cheng, Xue Feng ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b National Engineering Research Center for Water Saving Irrigation at Yangling   (China)

^c HEZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cropland; Intercropping system; Resources utilization; Water use efficiency; Water saving mechanism

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CANOPY; CROP YIELD; EVAPORATION; GROWTH RATE; INTERCROPPING; IRRIGATION; MICROCLIMATE; RESEARCH WORK; RESOURCE USE; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL WATER; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SURFACE WATER; TRANSPIRATION; WATER STORAGE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SOIL; WATER FLOW;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EFFICIENCY; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84861784049     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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