About the Authors

Yuan Li

Affiliations Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, Institute of Water-saving Agriculture in Arid Areas of China, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

Zongxia Jia

Affiliations Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, Dezhou Prospecting and Designing Institute of Water Conservancy, Dezhou, 253000, Shandong, China

Wenquan Niu

nwq@vip.sina.com

Affiliations Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, Institute of Water-saving Agriculture in Arid Areas of China, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

Jingwei Wang

Affiliations Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, Institute of Water-saving Agriculture in Arid Areas of China, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

Mingzhi Zhang

Affiliations College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China, Institute of Water-saving Agriculture in Arid Areas of China, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WN YL ZJ. Performed the experiments: ZJ. Analyzed the data: YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL JW MZ. Wrote the paper: YL ZJ.