Innovation in alternate mulch with straw and plastic management bolsters yield and water use efficiency in wheat-maize intercropping in arid conditions

Keyphrases

• Maize 100%
• Water Use Efficiency 100%
• Arid Conditions 100%
• Maize-wheat 100%
• Straw Management 100%
• Plastic Management 100%
• Mulch 100%
• Evapotranspiration 60%
• Wheat 40%
• Growth Period 40%
• Soil Moisture 40%
• Wheat Growth 40%
• Filling Stage 40%
• Wheat Harvest 40%
• Silking 40%
• Soil Evaporation 40%
• Coordinated Water 40%
• Plastic mulching 40%
• Grain Yield 20%
• Cropping System 20%
• Crop Production 20%
• Crop Yield 20%
• Conventional Tillage 20%
• No-tillage 20%
• Northwestern China 20%
• Arid Region 20%
• Conventional Farming 20%
• Water Competition 20%
• Maize Growth 20%
• Movement-related Potentials 20%
• Water Demand 20%
• Improved Crops 20%
• Soil Water Movement 20%
• Water Compensation 20%
• Straw mulching 20%
• Irrigation Quota 20%
• Reduced Soils 20%
• Wheat/maize Intercropping 20%
• Straw Residue 20%

Agricultural and Biological Sciences

• Water Use Efficiency 100%
• Evapotranspiration 100%
• Soil Moisture 66%
• Cropping System 33%
• Arid Zones 33%
• Conventional Farming 33%
• Crop Production 33%
• Soil Water Movement 33%
• Conventional Tillage 33%
• No-Till Farming 33%
• Grain Yield 33%