Ridge-Furrow Mulching Enhances Capture and Utilization of Rainfall for Improved Maize Production under Rain-Fed Conditions

• Published in: Agronomy (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 5; p. 1187
• Main Authors: Javaid, Muhammad Mansoor, AlGwaiz, Hussah I. M., Waheed, Hasnain, Ashraf, Muhammad, Mahmood, Athar, Li, Feng-Min, Attia, Kotb A., Nadeem, Muhammad Ather, AlKahtani, Muneera D. F., Fiaz, Sajid, Nadeem, Muhammad, Ahmad, Hafiz Bashir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.05.2022
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Agriculture; benefit-cost ratio; Corn; Crop growth; Crop production; Crops; Farming; Field tests; Floods; Furrows; Growth rate; Harvest; Income; Land area; Leaf area; Leaf area index; Leaves; Moisture effects; Mulching; Photosynthesis; physiological traits; Physiology; Plant biomass; Planting; Rain; Rain water; rain-fed conditions and ridge-furrow mulching; Rainfall; rainwater harvesting system; Seeds; Soil moisture; Soil temperature; Stomata; Stomatal conductance; Transpiration
• ISSN: 2073-4395; 2073-4395
• DOI: 10.3390/agronomy12051187

The capture and utilization of rainwater by crops under various mulching conditions have great importance in agriculture production systems, especially in dry-prone regions. Understanding the effect of mulching on rainwater use efficiency growth and yield of a crop is very important. For this purpos...