A preliminary study of the effects of plastic film-mulched raised beds on soil temperature and crop performance of early-sown short-season spring maize (Zea mays L.) in the North China Plain

To identify a strategy for earlier sowing and harvesting of spring maize (Zea mays L.) in an alternative maize–maize double cropping system, a 2-year field experiment was performed at Quzhou experimental station of China Agricultural University in 2014 and 2015. A short-season cultivar, Demeiya numb...

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Main Authors: Jing Dang, Weili Liang, Guiyan Wang, Pengfei Shi, Dan Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2016-08-01
Series:Crop Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214514116300198