Responses of Soil Carbon Pools and Carbon Management Index to Nitrogen Substitution Treatments in a Sweet Maize Farmland in South China

In China, excessive nitrogen fertilizer application in sweet maize fields contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. This study used maize straw (MS), cow dung (CD), biogas residue (BR), and straw-based biochar (CB) to substitute the mineral nitrogen fertilizer at 20% and 50% ratios in the Pearl River...

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Main Authors: Zekai Chen, Fangdan Liu, Guangyuan Cai, Xiaoshan Peng, Xiaolong Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Series:Plants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/17/2194