Fertilizer nitrogen recovery efficiencies in crop production systems of China with and without consideration of the residual effect of nitrogen

China is the world’s largest consumer of synthetic nitrogen (N), where very low rates of fertilizer N recovery in crops have been reported, raising discussion around whether fertilizer N use can be significantly reduced without yield penalties. However, using recovery rates as indicator ignores a po...

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Main Authors: Xiaoyuan Yan, Chaopu Ti, Peter Vitousek, Deli Chen, Adrian Leip, Zucong Cai, Zhaoliang Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/9/095002