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DOI	10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107617
	Optimized farmland mulching improves alfalfa yield and water use efficiency based on meta-analysis and regression analysis
	Yin Minhua; Ma Yanlin; Kang Yanxia; Jia Qiong; Qi Guangping; Wang Jinghai; Yang Changkun; Yu Jianxiong
通讯作者	Kang, YX
来源期刊	AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
ISSN	0378-3774
EISSN	1873-2283
出版年	2022
卷号	267
英文摘要	Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), a globally vital forage crop with abundant nutrition and high yield, is commonly planted in arid and semi-arid regions where water resources are scare, such as China. In order to adapt water limitation conditions, farmland mulching (FM) is gradually being applied in alfalfa production. However, the effects of FM on alfalfa in different climatic conditions and management practices should be investigated before concluding that it is universally effective. We performed a meta-analysis and regression analysis of 94 yield comparisons and 74 water use efficiency (WUE) comparisons from 19 peer-reviewed studies and founded that FM significantly increased alfalfa yield and WUE, on average by 38.5% and 43.7%, respectively, compared to non mulching. However, the increase rate (IR) of yield and WUE varied with mulching type, region, management, and length of growth year. For yield, FM was more pronounced in Gansu, in regions with an average annual precipitation (AAP) of 400-600 mm, average annual temperature (AAT) < 0 C, and altitude > 2000 mm, and with plastic film, all of the soil surface mulching, ridge-furrow planting, sowing rate (SR) < 20 kg ha-1 and nitrogen application rate (NAR) < 100 kg ha-1. Overall, AAP and altitude had significant positive effects on yield IR of mulching alfalfa, while AAT and SR had significant negative effects. The effects of these factors on yield IR varied across different quantiles. For WUE, FM was more beneficial in regions with AAP of 200-400 mm and AAT > 6 C. Only SR had a significant negative effect on the WUE IR of mulching alfalfa as a whole, while the effects of AAP, AAT, and altitude were significant in some quantiles. Our findings confirm the benefits of FM to increase alfalfa yield and WUE in China, identify the conditions under which these results can be achieved, and also suggest that the benefits are site specific.
英文关键词	Farmland mulching climatic condition management practice statistical analysis productivity alfalfa
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000793249400004
WOS关键词	GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS ; SOIL-TEMPERATURE ; WHEAT ; FILM ; MAIZE ; CHINA ; FERTILIZATION ; BENEFITS ; IMPACT ; CORN
WOS类目	Agronomy ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向	Agriculture ; Water Resources
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/391608
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yin Minhua,Ma Yanlin,Kang Yanxia,et al. Optimized farmland mulching improves alfalfa yield and water use efficiency based on meta-analysis and regression analysis[J],2022,267.
APA	Yin Minhua.,Ma Yanlin.,Kang Yanxia.,Jia Qiong.,Qi Guangping.,...&Yu Jianxiong.(2022).Optimized farmland mulching improves alfalfa yield and water use efficiency based on meta-analysis and regression analysis.AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT,267.
MLA	Yin Minhua,et al."Optimized farmland mulching improves alfalfa yield and water use efficiency based on meta-analysis and regression analysis".AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT 267(2022).