Effects of rainfall harvesting and mulching technologies on water use efficiency and crop yield in the semi-arid Loess Plateau, China
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- 31 March 2009
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Agricultural Water Management
- Vol. 96 (3), 374-382
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2008.09.012
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