An Opportunity for Regenerative Rice Production: Combining Plastic Film Cover and Plant Biomass Mulch with No-Till Soil Management to Build Soil Carbon, Curb Nitrogen Pollution, and Maintain High-Stable Yield

An Opportunity for Regenerative Rice Production: Combining Plastic Film Cover and Plant Biomass Mulch with No-Till Soil Management to Build Soil Carbon, Curb Nitrogen Pollution, and Maintain High-Stable Yield

China has attained rice sufficiency with the increased use of nitrogen (N) fertilizer, but this has led to serious N pollution. China has the world’s highest use of N with the lowest N use efficiency (NUE). Including livestock production, China’s agriculture sector has surpassed...

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Main Authors: Shi Hua Lv, Yu Jiao Dong, Yuan Jiang, Hilario Padilla, Joanne Li, Norman Uphoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Agronomy
Subjects:
conservation agriculture
no tillage
residue return
plastic cover
biodegradable plastic film
sustainable crop intensification
rice cropping system
soil organic carbon
system of rice intensification
china
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/10/600

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