Ridge-furrow mulching with black plastic film improves maize yield more than white plastic film in dry areas with adequate accumulated temperature

• Published in: Agricultural and forest meteorology Vol. 262; pp. 206 - 214
• Main Authors: Qin, Xiaoliang, Li, Yüze, Han, Yunliang, Hu, Yingchun, Li, Yajun, Wen, Xiaoxia, Liao, Yuncheng, Siddique, Kadambot H.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.11.2018
• Subjects: Accumulated temperature; biomass; Black film; China; corn; crops; farming systems; field experimentation; grain yield; heat sums; income; leaf area index; Loess Plateau; Maize; mulching; planting; plastic film; plastics; semiarid zones; Soil temperature; soil water; soil water content; soil water storage; sowing; topsoil; water use efficiency; weeds; Yield; Zea mays; China; Maize; Yield; Accumulated temperature; Soil temperature; Black film; Loess Plateau

•BP treatment produced lower topsoil temperatures than WP treatment.•Maize had a longer growth period under BP than WP treatment.•BP produced less total weed biomass at harvest than WP or conventional planting.•BP treatment produced higher grain yields than WP treatment.•BP was more net income than...