Manure combined with chemical fertilizer increases rice productivity by improving soil health, post-anthesis biomass yield, and nitrogen metabolism

A Iqbal, L He, I Ali, S Ullah, A Khan, A Khan, K Akhtar… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Excessive reliance on chemical fertilizer (CF) in conventional farming is a serious concern
owing to its negative effects on soil health, the environment, and crop productivity. Organic …

A review of the system of rice intensification in China

W Wu, B Ma, N Uphoff - Plant and soil, 2015 - Springer
Background Continually increasing food demand from a still–growing human population
and the need for environmentally–friendly strategies for sustainable agricultural …

Review of bio-conversion pathways of lignocellulose-to-ethanol: Sustainability assessment based on land footprint projections

HH Khoo - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
A review of 55 pretreatment and bio-conversion methods for the production of lignocellulose–
ethanol was carried out. Bio-conversion studies include enzymatic fermentation …

Nitrogen losses, use efficiency, and productivity of early rice under controlled-release urea

P Li, J Lu, Y Wang, S Wang, S Hussain, T Ren… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) volatilization and nitrogen (N) surface runoff from rice (Oryza sativa L.)
paddies contribute to air and water pollution in China and everywhere else. The purposes of …

Benefits of mechanized deep placement of nitrogen fertilizer in direct-seeded rice in South China

S Pan, X Wen, Z Wang, U Ashraf, H Tian, M Duan… - Field Crops …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mechanical hill direct-seeded rice synchronous with deep placement of N fertilizer (MHDSR-
NF) is an efficient alternative to conventional transplanted-flooded rice (CTFR), however …

Rice grain yield and component responses to near 2 C of warming

F Shah, L Nie, K Cui, T Shah, W Wu, C Chen, L Zhu… - Field Crops …, 2014 - Elsevier
The paucity of studies regarding agronomic performance of rice cultivars under field-scale
elevated temperature is seriously lacking our current understanding of the potential …

Co-incorporation of manure and inorganic fertilizer improves leaf physiological traits, rice production and soil functionality in a paddy field

A Iqbal, L He, I Ali, S Ullah, A Khan, K Akhtar, S Wei… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The combined use of organic manure and chemical fertilizer (CF) is considered to be a good
method for sustaining high crop yields and improving soil quality. We performed a field …

Shading tolerance in rice is related to better light harvesting and use efficiency and grain filling rate during grain filling period

L Wang, F Deng, WJ Ren - Field Crops Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Low radiation caused by industrial development and environment change has become a
limitation in crop production in China. Field experiments were conducted to investigate the …

Effects of nitrogen and shading on root morphologies, nutrient accumulation, and photosynthetic parameters in different rice genotypes

S Pan, H Liu, Z Mo, B Patterson, M Duan, H Tian… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Nitrogen availability and illumination intensity are two key factors which affect rice growth.
However, their influences on total nitrogen accumulation, photosynthetic rate, root …

[HTML][HTML] Reducing nitrogen application with dense planting increases nitrogen use efficiency by maintaining root growth in a double-rice crop** system

J Chen, X Zhu, J **e, G Deng, T Tu, X Guan, Z Yang… - The Crop Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Rational nitrogen (N) application can greatly increase rice (Oryza sativa L.) yield. However,
excessive N input can lead not only to low N use efficiency (NUE) but also to severe …