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Photosynthetic parameters, chlorophyll traits, evapotranspiration, and water use efficiency positively affected yield.
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- Photosynthetic parameters, Fv/Fm, Fv/Fo, NPQ, Chl ab, ET, and WUEe0
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e0“Photosynthetic parameters, Fv/Fm, Fv/Fo, NPQ, Chl ab, ET, and WUE had strong positive effects on yield”
t0“summer maize”
Title
Yupeng Li; Yupeng Li; Xiaobo Gu; et al. Agricultural Water Management 2023. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108450
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- Intervention effect Ridge-furrow mulching and nitrogen significantly improved photosynthetic gas-exchange traits.
- Intervention effect Mulching and nitrogen significantly improved intrinsic water use efficiency.
- Intervention effect Mulching and nitrogen significantly improved PSII fluorescence traits.
- Intervention effect Mulching and nitrogen significantly improved photochemical and non-photochemical quenching.
- Intervention effect Mulching and nitrogen significantly improved chlorophyll ab.
- Intervention effect Mulching and nitrogen significantly increased evapotranspiration.
- Intervention effect Mulching and nitrogen significantly improved yield.
- Intervention effect Mulching and nitrogen decreased chlorophyll a/b.
- Intervention effect Mulching and nitrogen decreased soil water storage.
- Observation The N2 treatment maximized gas-exchange and water-use traits.
- Observation The N2 treatment maximized several PSII traits.
- Observation Chlorophyll ab at anthesis was maximal with N2.
- Intervention effect Plastic film improved photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence more than biodegradable film at equal nitrogen rates.
- Intervention effect Plastic film had a greater positive effect on water use efficiency than biodegradable film.
- Intervention effect Nitrogen deficiency significantly harmed photosynthetic, fluorescence, chlorophyll, and yield parameters.
- Intervention effect Nitrogen deficiency significantly harmed grain yield.
- Intervention effect Nitrogen above N1 had strong positive effects on the measured parameters.
- Intervention effect Plastic film yielded 5.03% more grain on average than biodegradable film.
- Recommendation The authors recommended biodegradable film with N2 for semi-arid China.