How does film mulching modify available energy, evapotranspiration, and crop coefficient during the seed–maize growing season in northwest China?
Yin Zhao, Xiaomin Mao, Manoj K. Shukla, Fei Tian, Mengjie Hou, Zhang Tong, Sien Li
Topics & Concepts
Crop coefficientEvapotranspirationTranspirationMulchEnvironmental scienceGrowing seasonAgronomyEnergy balanceSoil waterBowen ratioIrrigationField experimentWater-use efficiencyCropStage (stratigraphy)Hydrology (agriculture)Soil sciencePhotosynthesisPhysicsBotanyBiologyGeotechnical engineeringPaleontologyThermodynamicsEngineeringEcologyPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsIrrigation Practices and Water ManagementSoil and Unsaturated Flow