Nitrogen is the main limiting nutrient after carbon, hydrogen and oxygen for photosynthetic
process, phyto-hormonal, proteomic changes and growth-development of plants to complete …

Intercropping is one of the most vital practice to improve land utilization rate in China that
has limited arable land resource. However, the traditional intercropping systems have many …

Due to limits in global phosphate rock reserves for fertilizer use, it is vital to increase
phosphorus fertilizer use efficiency (PFUE) to maintain agricultural productivity and food …

Traditional maize (Zea mays L.) and soybean (Glycine max (L) Merrill) intercropping practice
cannot be adapted to modern agriculture due to low light use efficiency, radiation use …

The blind pursuit of high yields via increased fertilizer inputs increases the environmental
costs. Relay intercropping has advantages for yield, but a strategy for N management is …

Sustainable agricultural development is urgently required to satisfy future food demands
while decreasing environmental costs. Intercropping can increase per-unit farmland …

Maize-soybean relay intercropping is an effective approach to improve the crop yield and
nutrient use efficiency, which is widely practiced by farmers in southwest of China. To …

Context The mechanisms underlying belowground processes in a perennial legume-
dominated cereal/legume intercropping system were largely unknown. Objective This study …

Soybean is an important oilseed crop grown globally. However, two examples of
environmental stresses that drastically regulate soybean growth are low light and high …

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 …