Effect of contour ridging and geosynclinal in furrow on soil moisture and yield of potato
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DOI:10.7606/j.issn.1000-7601.2013.05.015
Key Words: Loess Plateau  geosynclinal for water harvesting  soi l moisture  soil temperature  water use efficiency
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ZHOU Li-min1, LI Feng-min2, LIU Chang-an2 (1.南京信息工程大学 环境科学与工程学院 江苏 南京 2100442.兰州大学 干旱与草地生态教育部重点实验室 甘肃 兰州 730000) 
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Abstract:
      The field experiment of water harvesting modes wa s conducted in Loess Plateau by planting potato with five treatments: (1) contou r ridging; (2) contour ridging + film mulching on ridge; (3) contour ridging + g eosynclinal in furrow; (4) contour ridging + film mulching on ridge + geosynclin al in furrow; and (5) the control. Through the analysis of soil moisture content , soil temperature and crop yield, it was shown that the technology of ‘contour ridging + film mulching on ridge + geosynclinal in furrow’ could reduce soil b ulk density, and increase remarkably the aboveground biomass, water use efficien cy and proportion of large and middle potatoes, therefore it was an effective wa ter saving agricultural practice in the semi-arid area of Loess Plateau in Chin a.