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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Biomass Productivity and Water Use Efficiency Are Elevated in Forage Crops Compared with Grain Crops in Hydrothermally Limited Areas.

Qiujin Ma, Fangyuan Yin, Xiaolong Zhou, Lin Wang, Kexuan Zhu, Xiaogang Li

Abstract read
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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Qiujin MaCollege of Ecology and Environment, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830017, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2033-5855
Fangyuan YinCollege of Ecology and Environment, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830017, China.
Xiaolong ZhouCollege of Ecology and Environment, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830017, China.ORCID 0009-0009-4372-247X
Lin WangCollege of Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Kexuan ZhuCollege of Ecology and Environment, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830017, China.
Xiaogang LiCollege of Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3025-4397

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 2022D01C676Tianchi Talent Program of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 51052501528
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insufficient precipitation and low temperatures can restrict grain yield but not necessarily vegetative growth in cold-arid regions. This indicates that forage production may be more suitable than grain cultivation in these environments while also meeting the increasing demand for livestock products. In this study, we compared the effects of cultivating forage maize (

Indexed as

aboveground biomasscrude protein yieldforage cropssoil water storagewater use efficiency

Identifiers

PMID41470619
PMCPMC12737194

What Socratic holds

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