Subsoiling increases grain yield, water use efficiency, and economic return of maize under a fully mulched ridge-furrow system in a semiarid environment in China
Junhong Xie, Linlin Wang, Lin Li, Jeffrey A. Coulter, Qiang Chai, Renzhi Zhang, Zhuzhu Luo, Peter Carberry, K P C Rao
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Water-use efficiencyTillageAgronomyConventional tillageEnvironmental scienceEvapotranspirationDryland farmingSoil waterMathematicsAgricultureSoil scienceIrrigationGeographyBiologyArchaeologyEcologyIrrigation Practices and Water ManagementSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement