Optimizing plant density and plastic film mulch to increase maize productivity and water-use efficiency in semiarid areas

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1138-1146

  Liu, Jianliang ^a   Bu, Lingduo ^a   Zhu, Lin ^a   Luo, Shasha ^a   Chen, Xinping ^b   Li, Shiqing ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84903206825     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj13.0582     Document Type: Article

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