Plant-Based Assessment of Inherent Soil Productivity and Contributions to China’s Cereal Crop Yield Increase since 1980

• Mingsheng Fan,

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

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• Rattan Lal,

  Affiliation Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Jian Cao,

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

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• Lei Qiao,

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

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• Yansen Su,

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

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• Rongfeng Jiang,

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

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• Fusuo Zhang

  * E-mail: zhangfs@cau.edu.cn

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

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