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ArticleNature communications2024

Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net greenhouse gas emissions and improves soil health.

Xiaolin Yang, Jinran Xiong, Taisheng Du, Xiaotang Ju, Yantai Gan, Sien Li, Longlong Xia, Yanjun Shen, Steven Pacenka, Tammo S Steenhuis and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Xiaolin YangState Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Agricultural Water Resources, Beijing, 100083, China. yangxiaolin429@cau.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9146-8722
Jinran XiongState Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Agricultural Water Resources, Beijing, 100083, China.
Taisheng DuState Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Agricultural Water Resources, Beijing, 100083, China. dutaisheng@cau.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-6146-0217
Xiaotang JuSchool of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China. juxt@cau.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-2593-9500
Yantai GanCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China. gary.gan@wzu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-1490-6706
Sien LiState Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Agricultural Water Resources, Beijing, 100083, China.
Longlong XiaState Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4026-4265
Yanjun ShenKey Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Centre for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, 050022, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2251-2889
Steven PacenkaDepartment of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Riley-Robb Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2270-0617
Tammo S SteenhuisDepartment of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Riley-Robb Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
Kadambot H M SiddiqueThe UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6001, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6097-4235
Shaozhong KangState Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Agricultural Water Resources, Beijing, 100083, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5160-9348
Klaus Butterbach-BahlLand-CRAFT, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32071975National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 41830751National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52239002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Global food production faces challenges in balancing the need for increased yields with environmental sustainability. This study presents a six-year field experiment in the North China Plain, demonstrating the benefits of diversifying traditional cereal monoculture (wheat-maize) with cash crops (sweet potato) and legumes (peanut and soybean). The diversified rotations increase equivalent yield by up to 38%, reduce N

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Greenhouse GasesSoilAgricultureCarbonChinaCrop ProductionCrops, AgriculturalEdible GrainNitrous OxideTriticumVegetablesZea maysCarbonGreenhouse GasesNitrous OxideSoil

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PMID38172570
PMCPMC10764956

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