Plastic film mulching increases yield, water productivity, and net income of rain-fed winter wheat compared with no mulching in semiarid Northwest China
Yuwei Chai, Qiang Chai, Changgang Yang, Yuzhang Chen, Rui Li, Yawei Li, Lei Chang, Xuemei Lan, Hongbo Cheng, Shouxi Chai
Topics & Concepts
SowingMulchEvapotranspirationAgronomyWater-use efficiencyYield (engineering)Plastic filmEnvironmental sciencePrecipitationField experimentCrop yieldWater useWater consumptionIrrigationBiologyGeographyEnvironmental engineeringChemistryEcologyMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryLayer (electronics)MeteorologyMetallurgyIrrigation Practices and Water ManagementPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsPlant responses to water stress