Increased photosynthesis and grain yields in maize grown with less irrigation water combined with density adjustment in semiarid regions

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Introduction

Materials and Methods

Study site

Experimental design and field management

Data collection

Statistical analysis

Results

Soil water storage

Leaf relative water content

Stomatal conductance (Gs) and intercellular CO2concentration (Ci)

Net photosynthetic rate (Pn) and transpiration rate (Tr)

Leaf water use efficiency

Total dry matter accumulation and grain yield

Discussion

Soil water content

Photosynthesis characteristics of maize leaves

Dry matter accumulation and grain yield

Conclusion

Supplemental Information

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare there are no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Donghua Liu, Qianmin Jia and Peng Zhang conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Juan Li conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Xiaolong Ren and Zhikuan Jia conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw measurements are available in the Supplemental File.

Funding

The research was supported by the Project of the National Science and Technology Support Plan during the 12th Five-Year Plan Period: Technology Integration and Demonstration of Drought-Resistant and Stable Farming in Northwest Dryland Areas (No. 2012BAD09B03), China 111 Project (No. B12007), and the Research and Demonstration of Sustainable Intensification Technology of Dry Farming in Ningxia (No. 2019BBF03011). There was no additional external funding received for this study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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