Optimizing planting pattern and nitrogen application rate improves grain yield and water use efficiency for rain-fed spring maize by promoting root growth and reducing redundant root growth

Responses of rainfed wheat productivity to varying ridge-furrow size and ratio in semiarid eastern African Plateau

(2021) Chong-Liang Luo et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Mulched drip irrigation increases cotton yield and water use efficiency via improving fine root plasticity

(2021) Jiangtao Wang et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Film mulching affects root growth and function in dryland maize-soybean intercropping

(2021) Wei Zhang et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Effects of mulching on soil temperature and yield of winter wheat in the semiarid rainfed area

(2021) Yawei Li et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Nutritional quality degradation: A potential risk due to nutrient dilution effects in film-mulched maize

(2021) Xudong Zhang et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Effect of soil water content changes caused by ridge-furrow plastic film mulching on the root distribution and water use pattern of spring maize in the Loess Plateau

(2021) Guangxin Zhang et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Quantifying regional effects of plastic mulch on soil nitrogen pools, cycles, and fluxes in rain‐fed agroecosystems of the Loess Plateau

(2020) Fei Mo et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Effect of irrigation methods on root growth, root-shoot ratio and yield components of cotton by regulating the growth redundancy of root and shoot

(2020) Jiangtao Wang et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Appropriate ridge-furrow ratio can enhance crop production and resource use efficiency by improving soil moisture and thermal condition in a semi-arid region

(2020) Xiaoli Liu et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Ridge-furrow configuration significantly improves soil water availability, crop water use efficiency, and grain yield in dryland agroecosystems of the Loess Plateau

(2020) Guangxin Zhang et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Multiple phosphorus acquisition strategies adopted by fine roots in low-fertility soils in Central Amazonia

(2019) Laynara F. Lugli et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Plastic film mulching stimulates soil wet-dry alternation and stomatal behavior to improve maize yield and resource use efficiency in a semi-arid region

(2019) Xudong Zhang et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Photosynthetic characteristics and grain yield of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in response to fertilizer, precipitation, and soil water storage before sowing under the ridge and furrow system: A path analysis

(2019) Zhaoyun Dong et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Enhance root-bleeding sap flow and root lodging resistance of maize under a combination of nitrogen strategies and farming practices

(2019) Hao Wang et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Environmental and economic benefits of micro–field rain–harvesting farming system at maize ( Zea mays L.) field scale in semiarid east African Plateau

(2018) Fei Mo et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Effect of sowing time and seeding rate on yield components and water use efficiency of winter wheat by regulating the growth redundancy and physiological traits of root and shoot

(2018) Shou-Chen Ma et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Maize and wheat root biomass, vertical distribution, and size class as affected by fertilization intensity in two long-term field trials

(2018) Juliane Hirte et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Strategies of supplemental irrigation and modified planting densities to improve the root growth and lodging resistance of maize ( Zea mays L.) under the ridge-furrow rainfall harvesting system

(2018) Qianmin Jia et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

The effects of plastic-film mulch on the grain yield and root biomass of maize vary with cultivar in a cold semiarid environment

(2018) Lin Wang et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Stable isotope evidences for identifying crop water uptake in a typical winter wheat–summer maize rotation field in the North China Plain

(2018) Xin Zhao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Effects of ridge–furrow mulching on soil CO2 efflux in a maize field in the Chinese Loess Plateau

(2018) Weiwei Li et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Optimum ridge-to-furrow ratio in ridge-furrow mulching systems for improving water conservation in maize (Zea may L.) production

(2017) Weiwei Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Ridge–furrow with plastic film mulching practice improves maize productivity and resource use efficiency under the wheat–maize double–cropping system in dry semi–humid areas

(2017) Changjiang Li et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Towards the highly effective use of precipitation by ridge-furrow with plastic film mulching instead of relying on irrigation resources in a dry semi-humid area

(2016) Changjiang Li et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Root structure-function relationships in 74 species: evidence of a root economics spectrum related to carbon economy

(2016) Catherine Roumet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Using stable isotopes to determine seasonal variations in water uptake of summer maize under different fertilization treatments

(2016) Ying Ma et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The optimum ridge–furrow ratio and suitable ridge-covering material in rainwater harvesting for oats production in semiarid regions of China

(2015) Wang Qi et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Integrated plant phenotypic responses to contrasting above- and below-ground resources: key roles of specific leaf area and root mass fraction

(2015) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Crop root system behaviour and yield

(2014) Jairo A. Palta et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Effects of a ridge-furrow micro-field rainwater-harvesting system on potato yield in a semi-arid region

(2014) Qi Hu et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

The effects of mulching on maize growth, yield and water use in a semi-arid region

(2013) Ling-duo Bu et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Maize yield and water balance is affected by nitrogen application in a film-mulching ridge–furrow system in a semiarid region of China

(2013) Chang-An Liu et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Root traits contributing to plant productivity under drought

(2013) Louise H. Comas et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Rainfall Harvesting and Mulches Combination for Corn Production in the Subhumid Areas Prone to Drought of China

(2012) C. Xiaoli et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root Phenes for Enhanced Soil Exploration and Phosphorus Acquisition: Tools for Future Crops

(2011) J. P. Lynch   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Soil water dynamics and water use efficiency in spring maize (Zea mays L.) fields subjected to different water management practices on the Loess Plateau, China

(2010) Yi Liu et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Root growth, available soil water, and water-use efficiency of winter wheat under different irrigation regimes applied at different growth stages in North China

(2010) Quanqi Li et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Interaction of water and nitrogen on maize grown for silage

(2009) Mahdi Gheysari et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

A review of in situ rainwater harvesting (RWH) practices modifying landscape functions in African drylands

(2009) Katrin Vohland et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Crop Yield Gaps: Their Importance, Magnitudes, and Causes

(2009) David B. Lobell et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Effects of plastic film mulch and tillage on maize productivity and soil parameters

(2009) C.A. Liu et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

How two ridges and the furrow mulched with plastic film affect soil water, soil temperature and yield of maize on the semiarid Loess Plateau of China

(2009) Li-Min Zhou et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Effect of lowering the root/shoot ratio by pruning roots on water use efficiency and grain yield of winter wheat

(2009) Shou-Chen Ma et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH