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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Yield and water use efficiency of dryland potato in response to plastic film mulching on the Loess Plateau

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Pages 175-188 | Received 21 Jun 2017, Accepted 05 Sep 2017, Published online: 18 Sep 2017

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