Optimized nitrogen application methods to improve nitrogen use efficiency and nodule nitrogen fixation in a maize-soybean relay intercropping system

In China, the abuse of chemical nitrogen (N) fertilizer results in decreasing N use efficiency (NUE), wasting resources and causing serious environmental problems. Cereal-legume intercropping is widely used to enhance crop yield and improve resource use efficiency, especially in Southwest China. To...

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Main Authors: Tai-wen YONG, Ping CHEN, Qian DONG, Qing DU, Feng YANG, Xiao-chun WANG, Wei-guo LIU, Wen-yu YANG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311917618367