Chen, Xin-Ping and Cui, Zhen-Ling and Vitousek, Peter M. and Cassman, Kenneth G. and Matson, Pamela A. and Bai, Jin-Shun and Meng, Qing-Feng and Hou, Peng and Yue, Shan-Chao and Römheld, Volker and Zhang, Fu-Suo (2011) Integrated soil–crop system management for food security. PNAS, 108 (16). pp. 6399-6404.
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Abstract
China and other rapidly developing economies face the dual challenge of substantially increasing yields of cereal grains while at the same time reducing the very substantial environmental impacts of intensive agriculture. We used a model-driven integrated soil–crop system management approach to develop a maize production system that achieved mean maize yields of 13.0 t ha−1 on 66 on-farm experimental plots—nearly twice the yield of current farmers’ practices—with no increase in N fertilizer use. Such integrated soil–crop system management systems represent a priority for agricultural research and implementation, especially in rapidly growing economies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China |
| Subjects: | Soil Science and Microbiology > Soil Sciences |
| Divisions: | Other Crops |
| Depositing User: | Sandhya Gir |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2011 06:25 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Apr 2011 06:26 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1101419108 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/1869 |
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