Using side-dressing technique to reduce nitrogen leaching and improve nitrogen recovery efficiency under an irrigated rice system in the upper reaches of Yellow River Basin, Northwest China

The excessive nitrogen (N) fertilizer input coupled with flood irrigation might result in higher N leaching and lower nitrogen recovery efficiency (NRE). Under an intensive rice system in the Ningxia irrigation region, China, environmental friendly N management practices are heavily needed to balanc...

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Main Authors: Ai-ping ZHANG, Ji GAO, Ru-liang LIU, Qing-wen ZHANG, Zhe CHEN, Shi-qi YANG, Zheng-li YANG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311914609527