Long-term rotary tillage limit water infiltration and crop productivity in North China Plain
(NCP). The practice of subsoiling to fracture plow pans has made beneficial impacts on soil …

Water shortage is becoming the most important limiting factor for wheat production in many
regions such as the North China Plain (NCP). The highly intensive production of grain yield …

Higher water efficiency and higher carbon efficiency are important goals of sustainable
agricultural development. However, long-term rotary tillage has a negative impact on soil …

A serious water shortage is threatening agricultural sustainability in the Huang-Huai-Hai
Plain of China. Long-term reduced tillage (shallow rotary tillage) has led to thickening of the …

Food security is an important pre-requisite for human well-being; however, water shortages
and poor quality of arable land threaten food security in the North China Plain (NCP) …

Fresh water is a limited resource and its efficient use in agriculture represents a great
challenge. The objective of the investigation was, to test a new subsoil irrigation technique …

Subsoiling tillage breaks up the shallow plow layer and thickened plow pan resulting from
prolonged crop rotation, thus enhancing the soil tillage layer environment and fostering crop …

As an important industry for national development, summer maize production occupies a key
position in China and globally. However, agricultural water consumption is becoming …

Inappropriate irrigation and nitrogen application had caused low water and nitrogen use
efficiency and severe NO 3--N leaching in spring wheat field in the Wuliangshuhai lake …

Water shortage is a serious issue threatening the sustainable development of agriculture in
the North China Plain, with the winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) as its largest water …