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Film Mulching with Low Phosphorus Application Improves Soil Organic Carbon and Its Decomposability in a Semiarid Agroecosystem

Agriculture, 2022
Soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and decomposability are crucial for soil quality. Film mulching and phosphorus (P) application are important agricultural practices on the semiarid Loess Plateau. This study analyzed the combined effects of film mulching
Yan-Jie Gu, Cheng-Long Han, Meng Kong, Kadambot H. M. Siddique, Feng-Min Li   +4 more
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Microplastic Accumulation in Agricultural Soils with Different Mulching Histories in Xinjiang, China

Sustainability, 2023
Microplastics (MPs) in soils have been widely studied, yet very little is known about their distribution in agricultural soils and the impact of mulching history.
Shan Zhang, Anmin Bao, Xiaoli Lin, Gong Jia, Qingling Zhang   +4 more
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The Way and Amount of Straw Mulching Impact Water Consumption and Yield of Potato

Guan'gai paishui xuebao, 2023
【Objective】 Straw mulching and ridge tillage is an improved agronomic technology to sustain crop production in the loess plateau in northwestern China. How their combination impacts water uptake and crop yield is not well understood.
MA Juhua, HUANG Caixia, LI Yazhen, YANG Yong, CHEN Zhipi, LI Hongcai, LI Yongjun, HU Liangliang, WANG Longlong, ZHANG Qian   +9 more
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Effects of Chelated Iron on Roots under Different Mulching Materials on Fruit Quality of Huangguogan [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2020
In this experiment, Huangguogan in Shimian County was selected as the experimental material, and the effects of different treatments on the fruit quality of Huangguogan were studied by mulching treatments with black film, straw, horticultural cloth and ...
Chen Zhaofang, Wen Liting, Yang Liancong, Yang Youting, Tan Liping, Wang Xiaojia, Huang Shengjia, Qiu Xia, Xiong Bo, Deng Honghong, Liao Ling, Sun Guochao, Wang Zhihui   +12 more
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Effects of Future Climate Change on Spring Maize Yield and Water Use Efficiency under Film Mulching with Different Materials in the LOESS Plateau Region of China

Agriculture, 2023
Background: Traditional polyethylene film mulching is widely used in the Loess Plateau region of China to improve crop yields. However, whether long-term polyethylene film mulching can continue to ensure crop yield under future climate change conditions ...
Bingfan Wang, Zhaoyang Li, Zihan Liu, Jinwen Pang, Peng Zhang, Zhikuan Jia   +5 more
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Effects of Straw Mulching and Reduced Tillage on Crop Production and Environment: A Review

Water, 2022
Taking sustainable agriculture measures is critical to effectively cope with the effect of the increasing population on water shortage. Straw mulching and reduced tillage are the most successful measures adopted in arid and semi-arid regions which affect
Changliang Du, Lingling Li, Z. Effah
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Interactive effects of intercropping and mulching under conservation tillage as sustainable agriculture increased cotton productivity

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Climate change poses a significant risk to food security. Recent floods in Pakistan could serve as an example. In the current climate change scenario, there is a dire need to develop methods that increase crop productivity and reduce the threat of food ...
Muhammad Adil, Muhammad Adil, Cheng Zhang, Zijie Yao, Siqi Lu, Ziyuan Qin, Jingcao Wang, Arshad Mahmood, Muhammad Waheed Riaz, Heli Lu, Heli Lu, Heli Lu, Heli Lu   +12 more
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Plastic Film Mulching Sustains High Maize (Zea mays L.) Grain Yield and Maintains Soil Water Balance in Semiarid Environment

Agronomy, 2020
Ridge–furrow cultivation with plastic film mulching has been widely used for many years to increase crop yields in semiarid regions. The long-term effects of plastic mulching on crop yield and soil water balance need to be seriously considered to assess ...
Ming Li, Kaiping Zhang, Ibrahim M. Eldoma, Yanjie Fang, Feng Zhang   +4 more
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Effects of film mulching regime on soil water status and grain yield of rain-fed winter wheat on the Loess Plateau of China

Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2017
Shortages and fluctuations in precipitation are influential limiting factors for the sustainable cultivation of rain-fed winter wheat on the Loess Plateau of China.
Nai-wen XUE, Jian-fu XUE, Zhen-ping YANG, Min SUN, Ai-xia REN, Zhi-qiang GAO   +5 more
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Effect of different film color mulching on dry matter and grain yield of oil flax in dry-land

Oil Crop Science, 2020
Mulching can effectively maintain soil moisture; color of mulching film affects soil water storage capacity and further promote crop growth to improve grain yield.
Yuhong Gao, Ying Li, Yingze Wang, Bing Wu, Jia Ke, Junyi Niu, Lizhuo Guo   +6 more
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