Molecular Soil Biology 2025, Vol.16, No.1, 27-36 http://bioscipublisher.com/index.php/msb 32 sustainable agricultural development (Sharma et al., 2021; Baig et al., 2023). Figure 2 The daily soil-water-crop-atmosphere model results and the soil moisture measurement results for the four cotton growth stages of: (a) IR1:VDI-2 irrigation treatment and (b) treatment for IR2:FI-2 farmers’ common irrigation practices (Adopted from Filintas et al., 2022) 6 Case Studies 6.1 Case 1: high yield cotton planting practice in arid areas of Xinjiang In Shihezi, a typical arid area in Xinjiang, researchers carried out field experiments for four consecutive years to study the effects of different row spacing and irrigation amount on cotton yield and soil moisture. The results showed that using conventional drip irrigation (CI) and high density planting combination (RS66+10H), the yield of seeds and cotton lint were the highest. Compared with limited drip irrigation (LI), this method increased seed yield by 6.6%~18.3%, and cotton lint yield by 7.1%~20.8%. In addition, under the premise of conventional drip irrigation, RS76L planting method can not only maintain high yield, but also effectively reduce soil water consumption, so it is recommended for High-yield Cotton Cultivation in Northern Xinjiang (Figure 3) (Zuo et al., 2023).
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