Wheat and maize relay-planting with straw covering increases water use efficiency up to 46 %

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 815-825

  Yin, Wen ^a,b   Yu, Aizhong ^a,b   Chai, Qiang ^a,b   Hu, Falong ^a,b   Feng, Fuxue ^a   Gan, Yantai ^c  

^a Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science   (China)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oasis region; Relay planting; Soil water storage; Straw mulch; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CROP YIELD; FAMILY FARM; MAIZE; PLANT PRODUCT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT;

CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84925724554     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-015-0286-1     Document Type: Article

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