About the Authors

Chengdong Huang

Affiliation Center for Resources, Environment and Food Security, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Quanqing Liu

Affiliation Institute of Agricultural Resources & Environment, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Shijiazhuang, China

Nico Heerink

Affiliation Development Economics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

TjeerdJan Stomph

Affiliation Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Baoshen Li

Affiliation Center for Resources, Environment and Food Security, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Ruili Liu

Affiliation Center for Resources, Environment and Food Security, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Hongyan Zhang

Affiliation Center for Resources, Environment and Food Security, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Chong Wang

Affiliation Center for Resources, Environment and Food Security, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Xiaolin Li

Affiliation Center for Resources, Environment and Food Security, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Chaochun Zhang

zhangcc@cau.edu.cn

Affiliation Center for Resources, Environment and Food Security, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Wopke van der Werf

Affiliation Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Fusuo Zhang

Affiliation Center for Resources, Environment and Food Security, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CDH QQL BSL HYZ CW XLL CCZ FSZ. Performed the experiments: CDH QQL RLL. Analyzed the data: CDH CCZ TS WVDW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDH QQL HYZ CW. Wrote the paper: CDH NH TS CCZ WVDW.