Chemical fertilizers could be completely replaced by manure to maintain high maize yield and soil organic carbon (SOC) when SOC reaches a threshold in the Northeast China Plain

The combined use of chemical and organic fertilizers is considered a good method to sustain high crop yield and enhance soil organic carbon (SOC), but it is still unclear when and to what extent chemical fertilizers could be replaced by organic fertilizers. We selected a long-term soil fertility exp...

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Main Authors: Hui LI, Wen-ting FENG, Xin-hua HE, Ping ZHU, Hong-jun GAO, Nan SUN, Ming-gang XU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-04-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311916615599