Achieving the dual goals of biomass production and soil rehabilitation with sown pasture on marginal cropland: Evidence from a multi-year field experiment in Northeast Inner Mongolia

Grassland is the primary land use in China but has experienced severe degradation in recent decades due to overgrazing and conversion to agricultural production. Here, we conducted a field experiment in northeastern Inner Mongolia to test the effectiveness of sown pastures in lowering the grazing pr...

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Main Authors: Lijun Xu, Da Li, Di Wang, Liming Ye, Yingying Nie, Huajun Fang, Wei Xue, Chunli Bai, Eric Van Ranst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.985864/full