TY  - JOUR
AU  - Akhtar, Kashif
AU  - Wang, Weiyu
AU  - Đalović, Ivica
AU  - Prasad, Vara P.V.
AU  - Ren, Guangxin
AU  - Ain, Noor Ul
AU  - Riaz, Muhammad
AU  - Feng, Yongzhong
AU  - Yang, Gaihe
AU  - Wen, Ronghui
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://fiver.ifvcns.rs/handle/123456789/3975
AB  - Mulching and nitrogen (N) fertilization are the main drivers for sustainable crop production. The sole use of nitrogen fertilizer threatened both the physiology and production of maize in rain-fed areas. Therefore, we proposed that wheat straw mulching with N fertilization would increase maize yield by improving soil fertility, physiology, and nitrogen use efficiency. A two-year field study evaluated the effects of CK (control), N (nitrogen application at 172 kg ha−1), HS (half wheat straw mulch, 2500 kg ha−1), HS+N (half wheat straw, 2500 kg ha−1 plus 172 kg N ha−1), FS (full wheat straw, 5000 kg ha−1), and FS+N (full wheat straw, 5000 kg ha−1 plus 172 kg N ha−1) on maize growth, physiology, and biochemistry. Compared with the control, the FS+N treatment resulted in the increase of 56% photosynthetic efficiency, 9.6% nitrogen use efficiency, 60% nitrogen uptake, 80% soluble sugar, 59% starches, 48% biomass, and 29% grain yield of maize. In addition, the FS+N regime increased 47%, 42%, and 106% of soil organic carbon and available P and N content in comparison with the control. Maize grain and biomass yields were positively correlated with N uptake, photosynthesis, soil organic carbon, and soil available N and P contents. Conclusively, the use of wheat straw at 5000 kg ha−1, along with 172 kg N ha−1, is a promising option for building a sustainable wheat–maize cropping system to achieve optimal crop yield and improved plant and soil health in a semi-arid region of China.
PB  - Basel : MDPI
T2  - Plants - Basel
T1  - Combining Straw Mulch with Nitrogen Fertilizer Improves Soil and Plant Physio-Chemical Attributes, Physiology, and Yield of Maize in the Semi-Arid Region of China
IS  - 18
SP  - 3308
VL  - 12
DO  - 10.3390/plants12183308
ER  - 

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author = "Akhtar, Kashif and Wang, Weiyu and Đalović, Ivica and Prasad, Vara P.V. and Ren, Guangxin and Ain, Noor Ul and Riaz, Muhammad and Feng, Yongzhong and Yang, Gaihe and Wen, Ronghui",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Mulching and nitrogen (N) fertilization are the main drivers for sustainable crop production. The sole use of nitrogen fertilizer threatened both the physiology and production of maize in rain-fed areas. Therefore, we proposed that wheat straw mulching with N fertilization would increase maize yield by improving soil fertility, physiology, and nitrogen use efficiency. A two-year field study evaluated the effects of CK (control), N (nitrogen application at 172 kg ha−1), HS (half wheat straw mulch, 2500 kg ha−1), HS+N (half wheat straw, 2500 kg ha−1 plus 172 kg N ha−1), FS (full wheat straw, 5000 kg ha−1), and FS+N (full wheat straw, 5000 kg ha−1 plus 172 kg N ha−1) on maize growth, physiology, and biochemistry. Compared with the control, the FS+N treatment resulted in the increase of 56% photosynthetic efficiency, 9.6% nitrogen use efficiency, 60% nitrogen uptake, 80% soluble sugar, 59% starches, 48% biomass, and 29% grain yield of maize. In addition, the FS+N regime increased 47%, 42%, and 106% of soil organic carbon and available P and N content in comparison with the control. Maize grain and biomass yields were positively correlated with N uptake, photosynthesis, soil organic carbon, and soil available N and P contents. Conclusively, the use of wheat straw at 5000 kg ha−1, along with 172 kg N ha−1, is a promising option for building a sustainable wheat–maize cropping system to achieve optimal crop yield and improved plant and soil health in a semi-arid region of China.",
publisher = "Basel : MDPI",
journal = "Plants - Basel",
title = "Combining Straw Mulch with Nitrogen Fertilizer Improves Soil and Plant Physio-Chemical Attributes, Physiology, and Yield of Maize in the Semi-Arid Region of China",
number = "18",
pages = "3308",
volume = "12",
doi = "10.3390/plants12183308"
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Akhtar, K., Wang, W., Đalović, I., Prasad, V. P.V., Ren, G., Ain, N. U., Riaz, M., Feng, Y., Yang, G.,& Wen, R.. (2023). Combining Straw Mulch with Nitrogen Fertilizer Improves Soil and Plant Physio-Chemical Attributes, Physiology, and Yield of Maize in the Semi-Arid Region of China. in Plants - Basel
Basel : MDPI., 12(18), 3308.
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12183308

Akhtar K, Wang W, Đalović I, Prasad VP, Ren G, Ain NU, Riaz M, Feng Y, Yang G, Wen R. Combining Straw Mulch with Nitrogen Fertilizer Improves Soil and Plant Physio-Chemical Attributes, Physiology, and Yield of Maize in the Semi-Arid Region of China. in Plants - Basel. 2023;12(18):3308.
doi:10.3390/plants12183308 .

Akhtar, Kashif, Wang, Weiyu, Đalović, Ivica, Prasad, Vara P.V., Ren, Guangxin, Ain, Noor Ul, Riaz, Muhammad, Feng, Yongzhong, Yang, Gaihe, Wen, Ronghui, "Combining Straw Mulch with Nitrogen Fertilizer Improves Soil and Plant Physio-Chemical Attributes, Physiology, and Yield of Maize in the Semi-Arid Region of China" in Plants - Basel, 12, no. 18 (2023):3308,
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12183308 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Akhtar, Kashif
AU  - Ain, Noor Ul
AU  - Wang, Weiyu
AU  - Ren, Guangxin
AU  - Feng, Yongzhong
AU  - Đalović, Ivica
AU  - Prasad, Vara P.V.
AU  - Yang, Gaihe
AU  - He, Bing
AU  - Wen, Ronghui
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://fiver.ifvcns.rs/handle/123456789/3735
AB  - The infrequent rainfall caused drought prone condition particularly in semi-arid regions of China, where most of the precipitation occurs in summer season. Thus, the summer rainwater conservation is very important for winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) production. Therefore a 2-year field experiment was conducted on straw mulch along with N fertilizer to improve physiology, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), wheat yield, and water use efficiency (WUE). Maize (Zea mays) was a rotated crop after wheat, and therefore maize straw mulch (S1, 0 kg ha−1; S2, 4500 kg ha−1; S3, 9000 kg ha−1) was in the main plots, and N fertilizer (N1, 0 kg ha−1; N2, 192 kg ha−1 (80%); N3, 240 kg ha−1 (100%)) was in the sub plots. The interaction of S3N3 and S3N2 produced 59.2% and 43.8% higher net photosynthesis and enhanced its characteristics at booting stage compared with that of S1N1. Higher SPAD values (49.1 and 41.0%) and leaf area (85.6 and 61.0%) measured with S3N3 and S3N2 treatments at booting stage compared with S1N1. Both S3N2 and S3N3 had increased wheat N-uptake (91 and 103%, respectively) compared to S1N1. While S3N3 and S3N2 enhanced soil moisture conservation, NUE (19.7 and 22.8%), and WUE (47.2 and 47.2%) with the improvement in the growth yield of wheat compared to S1N1. Higher 7604 kg ha−1 of wheat grain yield was obtained from interaction of S3N2. Therefore, interaction of S3N2 is a viable approach for improving the winter wheat crop performance in term of NUE, WUE and wheat yield for semiarid areas in China.
PB  - Crop Science Society of America
T2  - Agronomy Journal
T1  - Straw mulch decreased N fertilizer requirements via regulating soil moisture and temperature to improve physiology, nitrogen and water use efficiency of wheat
DO  - 10.1002/agj2.21437
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Akhtar, Kashif and Ain, Noor Ul and Wang, Weiyu and Ren, Guangxin and Feng, Yongzhong and Đalović, Ivica and Prasad, Vara P.V. and Yang, Gaihe and He, Bing and Wen, Ronghui",
year = "2023",
abstract = "The infrequent rainfall caused drought prone condition particularly in semi-arid regions of China, where most of the precipitation occurs in summer season. Thus, the summer rainwater conservation is very important for winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) production. Therefore a 2-year field experiment was conducted on straw mulch along with N fertilizer to improve physiology, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), wheat yield, and water use efficiency (WUE). Maize (Zea mays) was a rotated crop after wheat, and therefore maize straw mulch (S1, 0 kg ha−1; S2, 4500 kg ha−1; S3, 9000 kg ha−1) was in the main plots, and N fertilizer (N1, 0 kg ha−1; N2, 192 kg ha−1 (80%); N3, 240 kg ha−1 (100%)) was in the sub plots. The interaction of S3N3 and S3N2 produced 59.2% and 43.8% higher net photosynthesis and enhanced its characteristics at booting stage compared with that of S1N1. Higher SPAD values (49.1 and 41.0%) and leaf area (85.6 and 61.0%) measured with S3N3 and S3N2 treatments at booting stage compared with S1N1. Both S3N2 and S3N3 had increased wheat N-uptake (91 and 103%, respectively) compared to S1N1. While S3N3 and S3N2 enhanced soil moisture conservation, NUE (19.7 and 22.8%), and WUE (47.2 and 47.2%) with the improvement in the growth yield of wheat compared to S1N1. Higher 7604 kg ha−1 of wheat grain yield was obtained from interaction of S3N2. Therefore, interaction of S3N2 is a viable approach for improving the winter wheat crop performance in term of NUE, WUE and wheat yield for semiarid areas in China.",
publisher = "Crop Science Society of America",
journal = "Agronomy Journal",
title = "Straw mulch decreased N fertilizer requirements via regulating soil moisture and temperature to improve physiology, nitrogen and water use efficiency of wheat",
doi = "10.1002/agj2.21437"
}

Akhtar, K., Ain, N. U., Wang, W., Ren, G., Feng, Y., Đalović, I., Prasad, V. P.V., Yang, G., He, B.,& Wen, R.. (2023). Straw mulch decreased N fertilizer requirements via regulating soil moisture and temperature to improve physiology, nitrogen and water use efficiency of wheat. in Agronomy Journal
Crop Science Society of America..
https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21437

Akhtar K, Ain NU, Wang W, Ren G, Feng Y, Đalović I, Prasad VP, Yang G, He B, Wen R. Straw mulch decreased N fertilizer requirements via regulating soil moisture and temperature to improve physiology, nitrogen and water use efficiency of wheat. in Agronomy Journal. 2023;.
doi:10.1002/agj2.21437 .

Akhtar, Kashif, Ain, Noor Ul, Wang, Weiyu, Ren, Guangxin, Feng, Yongzhong, Đalović, Ivica, Prasad, Vara P.V., Yang, Gaihe, He, Bing, Wen, Ronghui, "Straw mulch decreased N fertilizer requirements via regulating soil moisture and temperature to improve physiology, nitrogen and water use efficiency of wheat" in Agronomy Journal (2023),
https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21437 . .