Effects of reduced nitrogen inputs on crop yield and nitrogen use efficiency in a long-term maize-soybean relay strip intercropping system

Ping Chen; Qing Du; Xiaoming Liu; Li Zhou; Sajad Hussain; Lu Lei; Chun Song; Xiaochun Wang; Weiguo Liu; Feng Yang; Kai Shu; Jiang Liu; Junbo Du; Wenyu Yang; Taiwen Yong

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0184503

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Effects of reduced nitrogen inputs on crop yield and nitrogen use efficiency in a long-term maize-soybean relay strip intercropping system

Ping Chen,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest China (Ministry of Agriculture), Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P. R. China
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Qing Du,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest China (Ministry of Agriculture), Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P. R. China
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Xiaoming Liu,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest China (Ministry of Agriculture), Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P. R. China
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Li Zhou,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest China (Ministry of Agriculture), Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P. R. China
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Sajad Hussain,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest China (Ministry of Agriculture), Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P. R. China
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Lu Lei,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Renshou Weather Bureau, Meishan, P.R. China
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Chun Song,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest China (Ministry of Agriculture), Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P. R. China
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Xiaochun Wang,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest China (Ministry of Agriculture), Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P. R. China
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Weiguo Liu,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest China (Ministry of Agriculture), Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P. R. China
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Feng Yang,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest China (Ministry of Agriculture), Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P. R. China
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Kai Shu,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest China (Ministry of Agriculture), Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P. R. China
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Jiang Liu,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest China (Ministry of Agriculture), Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P. R. China
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Junbo Du,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest China (Ministry of Agriculture), Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P. R. China
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Wenyu Yang ,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mssiyangwy@sicau.edu.cn (WY); yongtaiwen@sicau.edu.cn (TY)

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest China (Ministry of Agriculture), Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P. R. China
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Taiwen Yong

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mssiyangwy@sicau.edu.cn (WY); yongtaiwen@sicau.edu.cn (TY)

Affiliations College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P.R China, Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest China (Ministry of Agriculture), Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, P. R. China

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4650-0727

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Effects of reduced nitrogen inputs on crop yield and nitrogen use efficiency in a long-term maize-soybean relay strip intercropping system

Ping Chen,
Qing Du,
Xiaoming Liu,
Li Zhou,
Sajad Hussain,
Lu Lei,
Chun Song,
Xiaochun Wang,
Weiguo Liu,
Feng Yang

Published: September 14, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184503

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