Practical strategies for film-side sowing technology to enhance root lodging resistance and grain yield in spring maize on the loess plateau.

ABSTRACT: In the spring maize cropping system, film-side sowing technology can improve crop yield stability and film recycling in the dry farming zone by optimizing the film cover pattern, resulting in a synergistic effect of moisture conservation, yield enhancement, and on-farm film residue management. However, the effect on the resistance to lodging is not clear. Consequently, a two-year agricultural trial was designed to evaluate how distinct ground-cover cultivation strategies influence root architecture, biomechanical performance, lodging incidence, grain production efficiency, and economic profitability. Three treatment factors were used in the experiment: planting without mulching (CK), planting under plastic-film mulch (UPM), and film-side sowing (FSS). The results showed that breaking stren

SUBMITTER: Guo Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12374964 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature