Studies were conducted to examine the effects of row spacing and stubble height on surface soil water content, water use, yield, and water use efficiency of canola and wheat in the drier regions of the Canadian prairies. For this purpose, randomized complete block design trials were implemented...

A 4-year trial was set up to test the feasibility of growing waxy corn (Zea mays L. var. ceratina Kulesh) in a highly saline wasteland with drip irrigation in the Ningxia plain, northwest China. The original soil salinity expressed as electrical conductivity of the saturation paste extract (ECe)...

In order to evaluate the effects of different amounts of water, applied by drip irrigation, to a saline–sodic soil (surface ECe40dS/m; SAR40), on cotton growth and soil salinity, a three-year experiment was conducted on a saline wasteland in Xinjiang Northwest China during 2008–2010. Five...

A field experiment with five soil matric potential (SMP) treatments (−5, −10, −15, −20 and −25kPa) was used to study the effects of drip irrigation on soil salinity, soil hydraulic properties and vegetation growth in coastal saline soils of north China. Irrigation water came from local...

A 3-year experiment was conducted in an extremely dry and saline wasteland to investigate the effects of the drip irrigation on salt distributions and the growth of cotton under different irrigation regimes in Xinjiang, Northwest China. The experiment included five treatments in which the soil...

Due to the mismanagement of water and fertilizer application, cotton cultivation in Xinjiang Northwest China is faced with the problems of soil deterioration and groundwater table ascension. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different levels of water applied through drip...