Yield effect of applying earthworm castings produced during the oilseed rape-growing season in rice-oilseed rape cropping fields to rice

Abstract In-field earthworm density can be increased by planting oilseed rape during the non-rice growing season as compared to maintaining the rice-growing fields in fallow. This study was conducted to determine the effect on rice yield of earthworm castings produced during the oilseed rape-growing...

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Main Authors: Min Huang, Chunrong Zhao, Yingbin Zou, Norman Uphoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29125-y