Dryland agricultural water-saving technology

Author: Ma Yaoguang
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book can be used as a reference for scientific and technical workers in water resource utilization, agricultural planning and management, and farmland water conservancy engineering, as well as for university and college students and teachers in related fields. The book systematically introduces the current development status of dryland agriculture in China and the resource and environmental characteristics of northern dryland agricultural regions. It covers water resources and their utilization in dryland agricultural areas, rainwater harvesting and utilization engineering technology in dryland agriculture, soil moisture conservation techniques in dryland agriculture, the interaction between water and nutrients in farmland in dryland areas, agricultural mulching cultivation techniques, supplementary irrigation water-saving techniques and irrigation forecasting in dryland agriculture, major approaches to improving water productivity in dryland agriculture, and water-saving cultivation techniques for utilizing dryland crop germplasm resources. The book adheres to the principle of combining theory with practice, integrating the latest theoretical applications and technical design examples to provide a detailed discussion of new theories, methods, and technologies in water-saving dryland agriculture.