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Drip irrigation lateral spacing and mulching affects the wetting pattern, shoot-root regulation, and yield of maize in a sand-layered soil

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  • Zhou, Lifeng
  • Feng, Hao
  • Zhao, Ying
  • Qi, Zhijuan
  • Zhang, Tibin
  • He, Jianqiang
  • Dyck, Miles

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Soil with a 20–60cm thick subsoil (60–90cm below the surface) sand layer has been recently reclaimed to exploit its grain production potential in an arid region in northwest China. A 2-year field study was conducted in the Hetao irrigation district to investigate the effects of lateral spacing and soil mulching methods under drip irrigation on the soil moisture, NO3−, shoot-root regulation, and water use efficiency (WUE) of spring maize. The Christiansen uniformity coefficient (Cus) was adopted to evaluate soil moisture and NO3− distribution, which was calculated with soil water content and NO3− concentration. The four studied treatments consisted of two irrigation lateral-spacings (A1: 1.0m, A2: 0.5m) and two film-covering modes (M1: fully mulched, M2: partially mulched) were arranged.

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  • Zhou, Lifeng & Feng, Hao & Zhao, Ying & Qi, Zhijuan & Zhang, Tibin & He, Jianqiang & Dyck, Miles, 2017. "Drip irrigation lateral spacing and mulching affects the wetting pattern, shoot-root regulation, and yield of maize in a sand-layered soil," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 184(C), pages 114-123.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agiwat:v:184:y:2017:i:c:p:114-123
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2017.01.008
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