Effect of N Fertilization Pattern on Rice Yield, N Use Efficiency and Fertilizer–N Fate in the Yangtze River Basin, China

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 11; p. e0166002
• Main Authors: Liu, Xiaowei, Wang, Huoyan, Zhou, Jianmin, Hu, Fengqin, Zhu, Dejin, Chen, Zhaoming, Liu, Yongzhe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 18.11.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agricultural practices; Agricultural production; Agriculture; Agrochemicals; Biology and Life Sciences; Biomass; China; Chlorophyll; Crop yield; Efficiency; Environmental impact; Fertilization; Fertilizers; Freshwater; Jointing; Laboratories; Methods; Nitrogen; Nutrient content; Nutrient uptake; Oryza; Oryza sativa; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Research and Analysis Methods; Rice; Rice yield; River basins; Rivers; Sandy soils; Science; Soil - chemistry; Soil sciences; Sustainable agriculture; Technology application; Urea; Weather; Beijing China; China; Yangtze River; China, People's Rep., Changjiang R

High N loss and low N use efficiency (NUE), caused by high N fertilizer inputs and inappropriate fertilization patterns, have become important issues in the rice (Oryza sativa L.) growing regions of southern China. Changing current farmer fertilizer practice (FFP, 225 kg ha-1 N as three applications...