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Sustainability Science 262–288. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Jia Y, Li FM, Wang XL, Yang SM (2006) Soil water and alfalfa yields as affected by alternating
ridges and furrows in rainfall harvest in a semiarid environment. Field Crop Res 97:167–175
Jia Y, Li F-M, Zhang Z-h, Wang X-L, Guo R, Siddique KHM (2009) Productivity and water use of
alfalfa and subsequent crops in the semiarid Loess Plateau with different stand ages of alfalfa
and crop sequences. Field Crop Res 114:58–65
Jiang X, Li XG (2015) Assessing the effects of plastic film fully mulched ridge–furrow on rainwa-
ter distribution in soil using dye tracer and simulated rainfall. Soil Tillage Res 152:67–73
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seeded alfalfa fields on the semi-arid Loess Plateau in China. Soil Biol Biochem
38:2350–2358
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ture conservation in the potato production of Anding. Chinese Potato J 25:275–278 (In Chinese
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under the policy of banning grazing in hillsides – case study in Yulin, Shaanxi Province. China
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Li F-M, Xu J-Z (2002) Rainwater-collecting eco-agriculture in semi-arid region of Loess Plateau.
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agriculture in semi-arid Loess plateau of China. Acta Ecol Sin 19:259–264 (In Chinese with
English abstract)
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harvesting ecological agriculture in the semi-arid Loess Plateau of China. Acta Ecol Sin
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Li FM, Wang J, Xu JZ (2005) Plastic film mulch effect on spring wheat in a semiarid region.
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Li L-X, Liu G-C, Yang Q-F, Zhao X-W, Zhu Y-Y (2009) Research and application development for
the techniques of whole plastic film mulching on double ridges and planting in catchment fur-
rows in dryland. Agric Res Arid Areas 27:114–118 (In Chinese with English abstract)
Li R, Wang M, Jia ZK, Hou QX, Yang BP, Han QF, Nie JF, Zhang R (2012) Effects of different
mulching patterns on soil temperature, moisture water and yield of spring maize in Weibei
Highland. Transactions of the CSAE 28(2):106–113 (In Chinese with English abstract)
Liu CA, Jin SL, Zhou LM, Jia Y, Li FM, Xiong YC, Li XG (2009) Effects of plastic film mulch
and tillage on maize productivity and soil parameters. Eur J Agron 31:241–249
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of organic manure and fertilizer on soil water and crop yields in newly-built terraces with loess
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