The effects of plastic-film mulch on the grain yield and root biomass of maize vary with cultivar in a cold semiarid environment

Field Crops Research

Volumn 216, Issue , 2018, Pages 89-99

  Wang, Lin ^a   Li, Xiao Gang ^a   Guan, Zhen Huan ^a   Jia, Bin ^a   Turner, Neil C ^b   Li, Feng Min ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Evapotranspiration; Harvest index; Maize hybrids; Root shoot ratio; Water use efficiency; Zea mays L

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MAIZE; MULCH; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL PROFILE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85033689159     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2017.11.010     Document Type: Article

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