An overview of the use of plastic-film mulching in China to increase crop yield and water-use efficiency

An overview of the use of plastic-film mulching in China to increase crop yield and water-use efficiency Dongbao Sun1,2,†, Haigang Li1,3,4,†, Enli Wang3,†, Wenqing He2, Weiping Hao2, Changrong Yan2, Yuzhong Li2, Xurong Mei2,5, Yanqing Zhang2, Zhanxiang Sun6, Zhikuan Jia7, Huaiping Zhou8, Tinglu Fan9, Xucheng Zhang9, Qin Liu2, Fengju Wang10, Chaochun Zhang1, Jianbo Shen1, Qingsuo Wang2,∗ and Fusuo Zhang1,∗

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