Integrating a mini catchment with mulching for soil water management in a sloping jujube orchard on the semiarid Loess Plateau of China

Li, H. C.; Gao, X. D.; Zhao, X. N.; Wu, P. T.; Li, L. S.; Ling, Q.; Sun, W. H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-167-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-167-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-167-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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01 Feb 2016

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Integrating a mini catchment with mulching for soil water management in a sloping jujube orchard on the semiarid Loess Plateau of China

H. C. Li, X. D. Gao, X. N. Zhao, P. T. Wu, L. S. Li, Q. Ling, and W. H. Sun

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RC C1344: 'Integrating a mini catchment with mulching for soil water management in a sloping jujube orchard on the semiarid Loess Plateau of China', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Nov 2015
- AC C1785: 'Reply to ‘Interactive comment on “Integrating a mini catchment with mulching for soil water management in a sloping jujube orchard on the semiarid Loess Plateau of China” by H. C. Li et al’ by Anonymous Referee #1', xining zhao, 06 Jan 2016
RC C1392: 'Comments on "Integrating a mini catchment with mulching for soil water management in a sloping jujube orchard on the semiarid Loess Plateau of China"', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Nov 2015
- AC C1789: 'Reply to ‘Interactive comment on “Integrating a mini catchment with mulching for soil water management in a sloping jujube orchard on the semiarid Loess Plateau of China” by H. C. Li et al’ by Anonymous Referee #2', xining zhao, 06 Jan 2016

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We integrated fish-scale pits with mulching to test whether this integration could improve soil water conservation. The results showed that integrating fish-scale pits with mulching could conserve significantly more soil water by increasing infiltration and decreasing evaporation, and showed greater soil water storage and degree of soil water compensation compared to fish-scale pits alone. In addition, jujube branches exerted better mulching effects than maize straw.