Water-saving innovations in Chinese agriculture

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 126, Issue , 2014, Pages 149-201

  Chai, Qiang ^a   Gan, Yantai ^b   Turner, Neil C ^c   Zhang, Ren Zhi ^a   Yang, Chao ^b   Niu, Yining ^a   Siddique, Kadambot H M ^c  

^a GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Groundwater exploitation; Partial root zone drying; Ridge furrow; She shi agriculture; Stomatal conductance; Subsoiling; Supplemental irrigation; Water footprint; Water resource management; Water use right

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899700367     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800132-5.00002-X     Document Type: Chapter

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