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Shaozhong Kang

Professor and Directer, The Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China …
Verified email at cau.edu.cn
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Improving agricultural water productivity to ensure food security in China under changing environment: From research to practice

S Kang, X Hao, T Du, L Tong, X Su, H Lu, X Li… - Agricultural Water …, 2017 - Elsevier
Irrigation is an important measure for increasing grain production. Improving water use
efficiency in agriculture is expected to play a very important role in ensuring food and water …

Effects of limited irrigation on yield and water use efficiency of winter wheat in the Loess Plateau of China

S Kang, L Zhang, Y Liang, X Hu, H Cai, B Gu - Agricultural water …, 2002 - Elsevier
On the Loess Plateau of China crop yields are mainly limited by available water. A field
experiment was conducted for winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) during the period 1995–1998 …

An improved water-use efficiency for maize grown under regulated deficit irrigation

S Kang, W Shi, J Zhang - Field crops research, 2000 - Elsevier
The rapid decline of water resources on the semi-arid loess plateau in northwest China has
led to the urgent need to reduce irrigation. Regulated deficit irrigation (RDI), ie a controlled …

An improved water use efficiency of cereals under temporal and spatial deficit irrigation in north China

T Du, S Kang, J Sun, X Zhang, J Zhang - Agricultural Water Management, 2010 - Elsevier
Water shortage is the major bottleneck that limits sustainable development of agriculture in
north China. Crop physiological water-saving irrigation methods such as temporal (regulated …

Water use efficiency of controlled alternate irrigation on root-divided maize plants

S Kang, Z Liang, W Hu, J Zhang - Agricultural Water Management, 1998 - Elsevier
A new method of irrigation was designed and tested for its water use efficiency (WUE).
Maize plants were grown in pots with their roots divided and established into two or three …

Controlled alternate partial root-zone irrigation: its physiological consequences and impact on water use efficiency

S Kang, J Zhang - Journal of experimental botany, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Controlled alternate partial root-zone irrigation (CAPRI), also called partial root-zone drying (PRD)
in other literature, is a new irrigation technique and may improve the water use …

Crop coefficient and ratio of transpiration to evapotranspiration of winter wheat and maize in a semi-humid region

S Kang, B Gu, T Du, J Zhang - Agricultural water management, 2003 - Elsevier
Crop coefficient (K c ) is an important parameter for irrigation scheduling and water allocation.
This study investigated and determined the crop coefficients and the ratio of transpiration …

Analysis of impacts of climate variability and human activity on streamflow for a river basin in arid region of northwest China

Z Ma, S Kang, L Zhang, L Tong, X Su - Journal of hydrology, 2008 - Elsevier
In this study data from 8 catchments in the Shiyang river basin in the arid region of northwest
China were analysed to investigate changes in annual streamflow over the past 50years. …

Alternate furrow irrigation for maize production in an arid area

S Kang, Z Liang, Y Pan, P Shi, J Zhang - Agricultural water management, 2000 - Elsevier
A new irrigation method for maize production was designed and tested for yield and water
use efficiency (WUE). A field experiment was conducted in an arid area, with seasonal rainfall …

Comparison of interpolation methods for depth to groundwater and its temporal and spatial variations in the Minqin oasis of northwest China

Y Sun, S Kang, F Li, L Zhang - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2009 - Elsevier
Severe water shortages and dramatic declines in groundwater levels have resulted in
environmental deterioration in the Minqin oasis, an arid region of northwest China. Understanding …