Integrated soil-crop system management: Reducing environmental risk while increasing crop productivity and improving nutrient use efficiency in China

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1051-1057

  Zhang, Fusuo ^a   Cui, Zhenling ^a   Fan, Mingsheng ^a   Zhang, Weifeng ^a   Chen, Xinping ^a   Jiang, Rongfeng ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; CEREAL PRODUCTION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP PRODUCTIVITY; CROP YIELD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HUMAN POPULATION; KEYPOINTS; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRIENT-USE EFFICIENCIES; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; SOIL QUALITY; SYSTEM MANAGEMENT; TAKE-ALL;

CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CROPS;

NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; PESTICIDE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHINA; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HARVEST; NUTRIENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOIL; SOIL QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; CEREALS; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FERTILIZERS; FOOD SUPPLY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SOIL;

EID: 79960703251     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0292     Document Type: Article

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