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ArticleNature communications2026

Environmental and societal costs of maize production decrease by addressing the uncertainty in nitrogen rate recommendations.

Francisco Palmero, Eric A Davidson, Kaiyu Guan, Alison J Eagle, Hannah E Birgé, P V Vara Prasad, Trevor J Hefley, Jeffrey R Schussler, Ignacio A Ciampitti

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Francisco PalmeroDepartment of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, IN, USA. fpalmero@purdue.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0550-6003
Eric A DavidsonAppalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8525-8697
Kaiyu GuanNational Center for Supercomputing Center, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3499-6382
Alison J EagleEnvironmental Defense Fund, Raleigh, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0841-2379
Hannah E BirgéThe Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, USA.
P V Vara PrasadDepartment of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6632-3361
Trevor J HefleyDepartment of Statistics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5850-328X
Jeffrey R SchusslerSchussler Ag Research Solutions, Marion, IA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0766-5932
Ignacio A CiampittiDepartment of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, IN, USA. iciampit@purdue.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9619-5129

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Excessive crop nitrogen (N) fertilization has negative environmental and social consequences. Using maize grain yield response to nitrogen field trials, we consider the uncertainty surrounding N rate recommendations to demonstrate that fertilizer N rates can be reduced by 12─16% in the US Corn Belt, with negligible risk of maize yield losses. This reduction in N fertilizer applications decrease N

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AgricultureFertilizersNitrogenZea maysCrops, AgriculturalEnvironmentHumansUncertaintyFertilizersNitrogen

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PMID41639088
PMCPMC12982502

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