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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2017, Vol. 16 Issue (10): 2274-2282    DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(17)61705-2
Special Issue: 昆虫合辑Plant Protection—Entomolgy
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Rice cultivation changes and its relationships with geographical factors in Heilongjiang Province, China
LU Zhong-jun1, SONG Qian2, LIU Ke-bao1, WU Wen-bin2, LIU Yan-xia1, XIN Rui1, ZHANG Dong-mei1
1 Remote Sensing Technology Center, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150086, P.R.China
2 Key Laboratory of Agricultural Remote Sensing, Ministry of Agriculture/Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P.R.China
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Abstract  Rice planting patterns have changed dramatically over the past several decades in northeast China (NEC) due to the combined influence of global change and agricultural policy.  Except for its great implications for environmental protection and climate change adaption, the spatio-temporal changes of rice cultivation in NEC are not clear.  In this study, we conducted spatio-temporal analyses of NEC’s major rice production region, Heilongjiang Province, by using satellite-derived rice cultivation maps.  We found that the total cultivated area of rice in Heilongjiang Province increased largely from 1993 to 2011 and it expanded spatially to the northern and eastern part of the Sanjiang Plain.  The results also showed that rice cultivation areas experienced a larger increase in the region managed by the Reclamation Management Bureau (RMB) than that managed by the local provincial government.  Rice cultivation changes were closely related with those geographic factors over the investigated periods, represented by the geomorphic (slope), climatic (accumulated temperature), and hydrological (watershed) variables.  These findings provide clear evidence that crop cultivation in NEC has been modified to better cope with the global change.
Keywords:  paddy rice        spatio-temporal change        cultivation area       geographical factors  
Received: 18 January 2017   Accepted:
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This research was financially supported by the Opening Foundation of the Key Laboratory of Agricultural Information Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, China (2016009) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41501111 and 41271112).

Corresponding Authors:  Correspondence SONG Qian, Mobile: +86-18504512350, E-mail: songqian01@caas.cn; WU Wen-bin, E-mail: wuwenbin@caas.cn   
About author:  LU Zhong-jun, Mobile: +86-13613630300, E-mail: lszyj@126.com;

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LU Zhong-jun, SONG Qian, LIU Ke-bao, WU Wen-bin, LIU Yan-xia, XIN Rui, ZHANG Dong-mei . 2017. Rice cultivation changes and its relationships with geographical factors in Heilongjiang Province, China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 16(10): 2274-2282.

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