Increased soil organic matter after 28 years of nitrogen fertilization only with plastic film mulching is controlled by maize root biomass
Fan Ding, Dechang Ji, Kang Yan, Feike A. Dijkstra, Xuelian Bao, Shuangyi Li, Yakov Kuzyakov, Jingkuan Wang
Topics & Concepts
AgronomyHuman fertilizationMulchMonocultureSoil organic matterMineralization (soil science)Leaching (pedology)Organic matterSoil waterChemistryEnvironmental scienceBiologySoil scienceOrganic chemistryPlant nutrient uptake and metabolismIrrigation Practices and Water ManagementSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics