<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Response of the Fate of In-Season Fertilizer Nitrogen to Plastic Mulching in Rainfed Maize Croplands of the Loess Plateau"^^ . "As plastic mulching is widely used for maize production on Loess Plateau, study of the fate of fertilizer nitrogen (N) in rain-fed croplands is of great significance. Field experiments were conducted during 2015–2016 at a typical dry-land farm on the Loess Plateau, China. The stable isotope tracer technique was applied to analyze the effects of plastic mulching on the maize crop yield, N content in the grain, and mechanism of N uptake and utilization in maize plants with plastic mulch (PM) and without plastic mulch (CK) on the Loess Plateau. Maize yield, aboveground dry matter, grain N concentration, and N uptake in aboveground biomass for PM significantly increased, in addition to fertilizer nitrogen recovery and nitrogen production efficiency. Compared to CK, PM improved the total N uptake from the soil in the aboveground biomass by 16.39 and 27.75 kg ha−1 and fertilizer nitrogen recovery by 10.89 and 22.02 kg ha−1, respectively. Furthermore, PM increased in-season fertilizer N retention in the soil by 11.9–24.8 kg ha−1, and the uncountable fertilizer N decreased by approximately 33.8 kg ha−1 on average. In conclusion, PM simultaneously improved the maize yield and N utilization, which provides a scientific basis for nitrogen management in maize croplands."^^ . "2022-09-08" . . "11(18)" . "2343" . . "MDPI"^^ . . . "Plants (TSI)"^^ . . . "22237747" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "B"^^ . "Hu"^^ . "B Hu"^^ . . "T"^^ . "Jin"^^ . "T Jin"^^ . . "W"^^ . "Dong"^^ . "W Dong"^^ . . "X"^^ . "Zhang"^^ . "X Zhang"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Gopalakrishnan"^^ . "S Gopalakrishnan"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Wang"^^ . "S Wang"^^ . . "E"^^ . "Liu"^^ . "E Liu"^^ . . . . . . "Response of the Fate of In-Season Fertilizer Nitrogen to Plastic Mulching in Rainfed Maize Croplands of the Loess Plateau (PDF)"^^ . . . "Zhang and Enke et al., 2022 Plants.pdf"^^ . . . "Response of the Fate of In-Season Fertilizer Nitrogen to Plastic Mulching in Rainfed Maize Croplands of the Loess Plateau (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #12008 \n\nResponse of the Fate of In-Season Fertilizer Nitrogen to Plastic Mulching in Rainfed Maize Croplands of the Loess Plateau\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Maize"@en . .