Soil Water Depletion in Planted Alfalfa Pastures in an Alpine Pastoral Area

Soil Water Depletion in Planted Alfalfa Pastures in an Alpine Pastoral Area

Alfalfa (<i>Medicago sativa</i>) has strong stress resistance, high nutritional value, good palatability for cattle, high yield and a drought tolerance mechanism, but long-term planting leads to soil desiccation. This research was carried out to examine the soil water conditions of alfal...

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Main Authors: Lei Sun, Ze Huang, Zeng Cui, Rong Lu, Rui-Qi Zhang, Yu Liu, Manuel López-Vicente, Jitendra Ahirwal, Xue-Hong Wei, Gao-Lin Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-10-01
Series:Water
Subjects:
alfalfa
soil water storage
soil water deficit
planting ages
Tibetan Plateau
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/11/1538

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