Fengqiu Experimental Station for Agro-ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences - China

The Fengqiu Experimental Station for Agro-ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences is located in the Pandian countryside, Fengqiu county, Henan Province, China (114°24′E, 35°00′N), with flat terrain and an average altitude of 67.5 m above sea level. This region has a typical monsoon climate with an average annual temperature of 13.9 °C and average annual precipitation of approximately 615 mm. The soil is derived from the alluvial sediments of the Yellow River and is classified as an aquic inceptisol (a calcareous, fluvo-aquic sandy loam (Soil Survey Staff, 2010)), with a sandy loam texture at the plough layer (0-20 cm). The experimental station is located in a region typical of the North China Plain, with the prevailing ...