Effects of reduced nitrogen inputs on crop yield and nitrogen use efficiency in a long-term maize-soybean relay strip intercropping system.

The blind pursuit of high yields via increased fertilizer inputs increases the environmental costs. Relay intercropping has advantages for yield, but a strategy for N management is urgently required to decrease N inputs without yield loss in maize-soybean relay intercropping systems (IMS). Experimen...

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Auteurs principaux: Ping Chen, Qing Du, Xiaoming Liu, Li Zhou, Sajad Hussain, Lu Lei, Chun Song, Xiaochun Wang, Weiguo Liu, Feng Yang, Kai Shu, Jiang Liu, Junbo Du, Wenyu Yang, Taiwen Yong
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Collection:PLoS ONE
Accès en ligne:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0184503&type=printable