Rational Phosphorus Application Facilitates the Sustainability of the Wheat/Maize/Soybean Relay Strip Intercropping System

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 11; p. e0141725
• Main Authors: Chen, Yuanxue, Zhou, Tao, Zhang, Chaochun, Wang, Ke, Liu, Jing, Lu, Junyu, Xu, Kaiwei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 05.11.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agricultural management; Agricultural practices; Agriculture; Agriculture - methods; Agrochemicals; China; Corn; Crop yield; Crops, Agricultural - chemistry; Crops, Agricultural - metabolism; Edible Grain - chemistry; Edible Grain - metabolism; Efficiency; Eutrophication; Experiments; Fertilizers; Field tests; Glycine max; Glycine max - chemistry; Glycine max - metabolism; Grain; Intercropping; Leaching; Legumes; Nitrogen; Nitrogen - metabolism; Nutrition; Outdoor air quality; Phosphorus; Phosphorus - chemistry; Phosphorus - metabolism; Pollution; Pollution sources; Productivity; Relay; Science; Soil - chemistry; Soybeans; Sun; Sustainability; Sustainable agriculture; Triticum - chemistry; Triticum - metabolism; Triticum aestivum; Wheat; Zea mays - chemistry; Zea mays - metabolism

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)/maize (Zea mays L.)/soybean (Glycine max L.) relay strip intercropping (W/M/S) system is commonly used by the smallholders in the Southwest of China. However, little known is how to manage phosphorus (P) to enhance P use efficiency of the W/M/S system and to mitigate P l...