Optimizing plastic film mulch to improve the yield and water use efficiency of dryland maize in the Loess Plateau, China

• Rui Zhang,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China

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• Hongjuan Zhang ,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: zhj94amor@163.com

  Affiliation College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9592-9793

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• Yunpeng Xing,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China

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• Lian Xue

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Lanzhou Agro-technical Research and Popularization Center, Lanzhou, China

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