Elevated CO₂ alters distribution of nodal leaf area and enhances nitrogen uptake contributing to yield increase of soybean cultivars grown in Mollisols

• Jian Jin ,

  * E-mail: jinjian29@hotmail.com

  Affiliations Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, China, Centre for AgriBioscience, La Trobe University, Melbourne Campus, Bundoora, Vic, Australia

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• Yansheng Li,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, China

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• Xiaobing Liu,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, China

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• Guanghua Wang,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, China

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• Caixian Tang,

  Affiliation Centre for AgriBioscience, La Trobe University, Melbourne Campus, Bundoora, Vic, Australia

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• Zhenhua Yu,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, China

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• Xiaojuan Wang,

  Affiliation Centre for AgriBioscience, La Trobe University, Melbourne Campus, Bundoora, Vic, Australia

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• Stephen J. Herbert

  Affiliation Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States of America

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