Soil water status and root distribution across the rooting zone in maize with plastic film mulching

Field Crops Research

Volumn 156, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-47

  Gao, Yuhong ^a   Xie, Yaping ^a   Jiang, Hanyu ^a   Wu, Bing ^a   Niu, Junyi ^a  

^a GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid area; Drought stress; Film mulching; Rooting depth, root characteristics; Soil profile; Soil water consumption

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; FILM; GROWTH RATE; MAIZE; MULCHING; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL WATER;

CHINA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84888102551     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.10.016     Document Type: Article

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