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Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions Volume 7, Issue 3, June, 2015 Citation: Liu RT, Zhu F, 2015. Biomass and water partitioning in two age-related Caragana korshinskii plantations in desert steppe, northern China. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions, 7(3): 0238–0244. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1226.2015.00238. Biomass and water partitioning in two age-related Caragana korshinskii plantations in desert steppe, northern China RenTao Liu 1,2*, Fan Zhu 1 1. Key Laboratory for Restoration and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystem in Northwestern China of Ministry of Education, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China 2. The Mina Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290000, Israel *Correspondence to: RenTao Liu, Key Laboratory for Restoration and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystem in Northwestern China of Ministry of Education, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750021, China. Tel: +86-951-4967201; Fax: +86-951-4967201. E-mail: liubarilanu@ Received: June 22, 2014 Accepted: September 28, 2014 ABSTRACT Understanding of biomass and water allocation in plant populations will provide useful information on their growth pattern and resource allocation dynamics. By direct measurement, the biomass and water content partitioning were compared at the aboveground, belowground and whole-plant levels for artificial Caragana korshinskii populations between 6- and 25-year-old sites in desert stepp