Exploring optimal soil mulching to enhance maize yield and water use efficiency in dryland areas in China

Agriculture & Biology

• plastic film 90%
• mulching 85%
• arid lands 80%
• water use efficiency 71%
• agriculture 55%
• soil temperature 51%
• China 47%
• corn 46%
• soil 37%
• soil water storage 34%
• corn straw 33%
• loess 31%
• water 30%
• soil management 28%
• nutrient availability 25%
• arid zones 25%
• crop production 23%
• plateaus 22%
• crop yield 22%
• income 21%
• farming systems 20%
• grain yield 19%
• farmers 17%
• temperature 9%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• mulching 100%
• mulch 96%
• water use efficiency 88%
• dryland farming 84%
• maize 66%
• plastic 42%
• soil temperature 37%
• soil 31%
• soil management 21%
• nutrient availability 21%
• crop production 20%
• crop yield 19%
• semiarid region 19%
• water storage 19%
• water availability 18%
• straw 18%
• loess 17%
• water use 17%
• management practice 16%
• field study 16%
• income 16%
• soil water 15%
• plateau 13%
• productivity 12%
• world 10%
• temperature 6%
• water 5%
• effect 4%