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ReviewiScience2025

Current status, challenges, and opportunities for sustainable crop production in Xinjiang.

Xiaofeng Zhao, Annah Lake Zhu, Xiaohuang Liu, Hongyu Li, Haoyang Tao, Xiaoxia Guo, Jiufen Liu

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Review in iScience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. A syntheticFrontiers in plant science · 2026
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  4. Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Xiaofeng ZhaoComprehensive Survey Command Center for Natural Resources, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100055, China.
Annah Lake ZhuEnvironmental Policy Group, Wageningen University and Research, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Xiaohuang LiuComprehensive Survey Command Center for Natural Resources, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100055, China.
Hongyu LiComprehensive Survey Command Center for Natural Resources, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100055, China.
Haoyang TaoCollege of Forestry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
Xiaoxia GuoCollege of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
Jiufen LiuComprehensive Survey Command Center for Natural Resources, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100055, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Xinjiang is China's largest cotton and grape production base, but faces challenges like water scarcity, overuse of fertilizer and mulching films, and low resource use efficiency. This review summarizes crop production in Xinjiang from 2000 to 2020, including geography, climate, sowing structure, yield variations, and barriers to sustainable management. Based on our review, we identify potential technical solutions (i.e., precise irrigation and fertilization, organic fertilizer substitution, mulching film management, and suitability evaluation of arable lands) and policy support (i.e., national plans, laws, and financial support) required to overcome these barriers. Overall, the sustainable transformation of crop production in Xinjiang is a challenging yet promising endeavor. Implementing judicious to make full use of water, heat, and nutrition resources have great potential for achieving the synergies between high yield, resource utilization efficiency, and environmental benefits. The findings also have global implications for other regions dominated by arid and oasis agriculture.

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Agricultural scienceEnvironmental managementRelation between agriculture and environment

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PMID40463957
PMCPMC12131264

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