Diverse tillage practices with straw mulched management strategies to improve water use efficiency and maize productivity under a dryland farming system

Straw mulching incorporation has a wide range of environmental benefits that make it an effective practice for sustainable agro-ecosystem in the semi-arid regions. There is an urgent need to improve the 13C-photosynthates distribution, water use efficiency (WUE) and maize canopy characteristics unde...

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Main Authors: Mingxi Li, Shahzad Ali, Shaik Althaf Hussain, Aqil Khan, Yan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-04-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024058705