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NTP increased soil water storage by 12.0 %.
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e0“Soil evaporation was reduced by 36.2 % and 24.5 % at 90–105 and 105–135 d after sowing, respectively, while soil water storage increased by 12.0 % and 7.1 %.”
t0“maize by improving water eco-physiology and root traits”
Title
Liping Wang; Wen Yin; Pan Li; et al. Agricultural Water Management 2025. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109723
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- Intervention effect NTP increased net photosynthetic rate by 26.1 % relative to CTP at 90–120 days after sowing.
- Intervention effect NTP increased transpiration rate by 8.7 % relative to CTP at 90–120 days after sowing.
- Intervention effect NTP increased leaf water use efficiency by 16.2 % relative to CTP at 90–120 days after sowing.
- Intervention effect NTP expanded canopy cover by 5.3% at 75 days after sowing.
- Intervention effect NTP reduced Soil evaporation by 36.2 % at 90–105 days after sowing.
- Intervention effect NTP reduced Soil evaporation by 24.5 % at 105–135 days after sowing.
- Intervention effect NTP increased soil water storage by 7.1 %.
- Intervention effect NTP increased transpiration by 5.2 %.
- Intervention effect NTP increased transpiration by 17.3 %.
- Intervention effect NTP increased transpiration-to-soil evaporation ratio by 8.8 %.
- Intervention effect NTP increased root length density by 35.6 % in the 0–30 cm layer during filling.
- Intervention effect NTP increased root surface area density by 32.8 % in the 0–30 cm layer during filling.
- Intervention effect NTP increased root dry weight density by 32.2 % in the 0–30 cm layer during filling.
- Intervention effect NTP increased root biomass by 25.2 % in the 0–30 cm layer during filling.
- Intervention effect NTP increased root activity by 24.4 % in the 30–60 cm layer.
- Intervention effect NTP increased root zone water uptake rate by 6.5 % in the 30–60 cm layer.
- Intervention effect NTP increased grain yield by 5.5 %.
- Intervention effect NTP increased harvested ears by 6.8 %.
- Intervention effect NTP increased 1000-kernel weight by 9.1 %.