Agrotechnology

Zhou J

Publications

• Research Article
  Effects of Water Saving Practices on Winter Wheat and Summer Maize Yields in South Loess Plateau of Northwest China
  Author(s): Ahmadzai MA, Cai M, Meng Y and Zhou JAhmadzai MA, Cai M, Meng Y and Zhou J
  
  A field experiment, laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with split plot arrangement having four replications, was conducted at the south edge of loess plateau, Shaanxi, China to evaluate the responses of winter wheat and summer maize to different water saving management practices involving four mulching and irrigation treatments, i.e., plastic mulch ridge and straw mulch furrow combined with deficit irrigation (RF+DI), straw mulch combined with deficit irrigation (SM+DI), Deficit Irrigation (DI), and Conventional Flood Irrigation (CFI). Soil temperature and moisture during the crop growth were monitored in two years. RF+DI treatment significantly increased maize yield, and it also had higher wheat yield than SM+DI treatment. SM+DI treatment increased maize yield; however, it did not increase winter wheat yield. Soil water content in RF+DI and SM+DI treatments was signi.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2168-9881.1000157

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