Effect of ridge–furrow and plastic-mulching planting patterns on yield formation and water movement of potato in a semi-arid area

Shuhao Qin, Junlian Zhang, Hailin Dai, Di Wang and Deming Li

Agricultural Water Management, 2014, vol. 131, issue C, 87-94

Abstract: Field experiments were conducted to study the effects of different ridge–furrow plastic-mulching planting patterns (RFM) on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) growth, tuber yield and quality, and water use efficiency (WUE) in an arid area of Northwestern China in 2010 and 2011.

Keywords: Rainfed potato; Ridge–furrow and film cropping patterns; Yield; Tuber quality; Evapotranspiration; Water use efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2013.09.015

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