Maize production in arid areas of Northwest China is seriously limited by water supply.
Conserving irrigation water and increasing water use efficiency (WUE) are effective methods …

The limited availability of water resources severely restricts agricultural development in the
semiarid and arid regions of Northwest China. A two-year field experiment was conducted to …

A field experiment under film mulched drip irrigation was conducted for two consecutive
years (2014.5–2015.10) in the Northeast Plain of China (NEC), in order to quantify the maize …

Reducing use of irrigation water and improving crop yield are important since water
shortage and food security are the two main problems in developing sustainable agriculture …

Worldwide, scarce water resources and substantial food demands require efficient water use
and high yield. This study investigated whether irrigation frequency can be used to adjust …

Highlights•Optimization of drip irrigation and fertilization regimes was conducted for spring
maize in Northwest China.•There were significant interaction effects on aboveground …

Drip irrigation under film mulching is applied widely in maize field in northeastern China
according to the “Water saving and grain increasing action” implemented by Chinese …

Water scarcity is everywhere and more prominent in arid and semi-arid regions. Moreover,
water allocation for irrigation is hit by other economic sectors for low per capita profit. It is …

Global water shortage has been a non-negligible issue threatening the sustainable
development of agriculture and food security. To alleviate the contradiction between food …

Abstract Hetao Irrigation District (HID) is characterized by less rainfall and high evaporative,
but it is a main grain production region in China. Increasing water use efficiency is an …