Yield and water consumption characteristics of wheat/maize intercropping with reduced tillage in an Oasis region

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-58

  Fan, Zhilong ^a,b   Chai, Qiang ^a,b   Huang, Gaobao ^a,b   Yu, Aizhong ^a,b   Huang, Peng ^a,b   Yang, Caihong ^b   Tao, Zhiqiang ^b   Liu, Hailiang ^a,b  

^a Key Laboratory of Arid Land Crop Science in Gansu Province   (China)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Intercropping; Irrigation; Oasis area; Reduced tillage; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CROP YIELD; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERCROPPING; IRRIGATION; MAIZE; OASIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; TILLAGE; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT;

CHINA; GANSU; WUWEI;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84870499263     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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