No tillage with previous plastic covering increases water harvesting and decreases soil CO₂ emissions of wheat in dry regions

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• zero tillage 84%
• arid region 68%
• wheat 60%
• plastic 50%
• irrigation 45%
• soil 28%
• carbon sequestration 27%
• tillage 23%
• water 20%
• maize 19%
• water yield 18%
• net primary production 17%
• crop yield 15%
• net ecosystem production 10%
• sowing 9%
• crop production 7%
• transpiration 7%
• water storage 7%
• carbon emission 7%
• cropping practice 7%
• harvest 6%
• field experiment 6%
• soil water 5%
• evaporation 5%
• sustainability 5%
• agriculture 5%
• nitrogen 4%
• carbon 4%
• effect 1%

Agriculture & Biology

• water harvesting 100%
• no-tillage 66%
• plastics 51%
• wheat 42%
• soil 33%
• irrigation rates 33%
• irrigation 23%
• net primary productivity 19%
• grain yield 17%
• spring wheat 15%
• tillage 14%
• corn 13%
• crop yield 13%
• net ecosystem production 12%
• soil water storage 10%
• emissions factor 9%
• carbon 9%
• water shortages 8%
• conventional tillage 8%
• evaporation 7%
• cropping systems 6%
• crop production 6%
• transpiration 6%
• sowing 6%
• agriculture 5%
• China 4%
• nitrogen 4%