Optimized High-Input Practice Enhances Wheat Productivity and Water Use Efficiency by Improving Root Distribution and Canopy Photosynthesis.

ABSTRACT: Integrated agronomic optimization can synergistically enhance crop yields and resource use efficiency. This strategy incorporates suitable sowing date, planting density, and fertilization and irrigation management adapted to the local environment. However, there is a dearth of research on how integrated agronomic optimization practices enhance wheat productivity and water use efficiency (WUE) by improving population root distribution and canopy production capacity. Therefore, a two-year field experiment was conducted in the North China Plain. The experiment involved three integrated agronomic practice treatments with four replications: local farmer's agronomic practice (FP); high-input agronomic practice (HP), which aimed to explore wheat yield potential regardless of resource input costs;

SUBMITTER: Xu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12567222 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature