Supported by the National Key Technology R&D Program of China(No.2011BAD31B04);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41371235 and 41171191)
Biochar added to soil can improve crop growth through both direct and indirect effects, particularly in acidic, highly weathered soils in subtropical and tropical regions. However, the mechanisms of biochar improving ...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30821140542);the Japan Science and Technology Agency (No. 09000075)
Most studies on dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) in paddy soils were conducted in the laboratory and in situ studies are in need for better understanding of the DNRA process. In this study, in situ...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30390080);the Nanjing Science and Technology Bureau,China (No. 200901063)
A variable-charge (VC) and a permanent-charge paddy soil (PC) were selected to study nitrate-N (NO3^--N) and ammonium-N (NH4^+-N) leaching with N isotopes for one consecutive year. An irrigation and intermitt...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 40571071, 30390080 and 30370287);the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (No. IRT0511).
A field experiment was conducted to investigate the fate of ^15N-labeled urea and its residual effect under the winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and summer maize (Zea mays L.) rotation system on the North China...
Project supported by a scholarship grant from the Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Production Forestry,Australia
Nitrogenous fertilisers are under consideration for promoting the growth of nursery-reared hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii Alton ex A. Cunn) seedlings in the establishment phase of second rotation (2R) plantatio...
Project supported by the International Atom Energy Agency (IAEA) (NO. 302-D1-CRP-9986) and the National Basic Research Program of China (NO. 2005CB121102).
A field experiment with four treatments and four replicates in a randomized complete block design was conducted at the Changwu Experimental Station in Changwu County, Shaanxi Province, of Northwest China from 1998 to ...