Agricultural water conservation in china: plastic mulch and traditional irrigation

Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Ingman, Mark ^a   Santelmann, Mary V ^a   Tilt, Bryan ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; cash cropping; China; irrigation; plastic mulch; virtual water; water conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957606615     PISSN: 20964129     EISSN: 23328878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/EHS14-0018.1     Document Type: Article

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