Ground cover rice production systems increase soil carbon and nitrogen stocks at regional scale

Rice production is increasingly limited by water scarcity. Covering paddy rice soils with films (so-called ground cover rice production system: GCRPS) can significantly reduce water demand as well as overcome temperature limitations at the beginning of the growing season, which results in greater gr...

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Main Authors: M. Liu, M. Dannenmann, S. Lin, G. Saiz, G. Yan, Z. Yao, D. E. Pelster, H. Tao, S. Sippel, Y. Tao, Y. Zhang, X. Zheng, Q. Zuo, K. Butterbach-Bahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-08-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/12/4831/2015/bg-12-4831-2015.pdf