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作物学报 ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA 2011, 37(4): 686−693 /zwxb/ ISSN 0496-3490; CODEN TSHPA9 E-mail: xbzw@ DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1006.2011.00686 Effects of Lucerne Removal Time on Soil Water and Productivity in a Lucerne- Wheat Rotation on the Western Loess Plateau 1 1,* 2 2 2 1 LI Ling-Ling , HUANG Gao-Bao , ZHANG Ren-Zhi , CAI Li-Qun , LUO Zhu-Zhu , JIN Xiao-Jun , 1 3 4 ZHANG En-He , BELLOTTI Bill , and UNKOVICH Murray 1 Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science / Faculty of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; 2 Fac- ulty of Resource and Environment, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; 3 School of Natural Sciences, University of Western Syd- ney, Locked Bag Penrith NSW 1797, Australia; 4 School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, SA 5371, Australia Abstract: Rainfed spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the most important cereal crop on the Western Loess Plateau. Lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) has been very popular. There are problems associated with both continuous cropping and with perennial lucerne systems. The key challenge for rain-fed cropping systems is to adopt strategies that make optimal use of water. Develop- ing lucerne-wheat rotation systems will have significant benefits for agriculture development on the Loess Plateau, nevertheless, it is very important to terminate lucerne at the right time as it affects soil moisture. However, very little research has been done on the timing for termination of old lucerne in the semiarid areas of the Western Loess Plateau. Based on field experiments conducted in a typical semiarid area on the Western Loess Plateau, this paper aimed to investigate