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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2026

Long-term conservation tillage improves water use efficiency of wheat by optimizing root water uptake and evapotranspiration components in a semiarid region.

Jing Xu, Ning Ding, Le Wang, Yuanhong Zhang, Haofeng Meng, Lingling Li

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Jing XuState Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Ning DingPotato Research Institute, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Le WangState Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Yuanhong ZhangState Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Haofeng MengState Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Lingling LiState Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.

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Abstract

Conservation tillage is a primary strategy in dryland farming systems, that can significantly improve water productivity in dryland crops. However, the mechanism of conservation tillage drives optimization of root water uptake and evapotranspiration (ET) components to enhance efficient water utilization is unclear. Therefore, a two-year field experiment was carried out with spring wheat based on a long-term conservation tillage experiment in a semiarid region of Northwestern China to determine root water uptake, quantify evaporation and transpiration, and assess their relationship with yield and water use efficiency (WUE) under different tillage and straw management practices. The treatments were conventional tillage (CT), no tillage with no straw returning (NT), conventional tillage with straw returning (CTS), and no tillage with straw returning (NTS). Stable oxygen isotope (

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