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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

Soil organic nitrogen rather than fertilizer drives dinitrogen losses in flooded rice systems.

Yuanyuan Lei, Zhijun Wei, Kaiye Ye, Kees Jan van Groenigen, Yu Liu, Hongna Cui, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Pete Smith, Deli Chen, Shu Kee Lam and 10 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Elevated CONature communications · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Yuanyuan Lei *State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China.
Zhijun Wei *State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China.
Kaiye YeState Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China.
Kees Jan van GroenigenDepartment of Geography, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9165-3925
Yu LiuState Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China.
Hongna CuiState Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China.
Klaus Butterbach-BahlPioneer Center for Landscape Research in Sustainable Agricultural Futures, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark.
Pete SmithInstitute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-3784-1124
Deli ChenSchool of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6767-1376
Shu Kee LamSchool of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7943-5004
William R HorwathDepartment of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.ORCID 0000-0003-3707-0697
Wulf AmelungInstitute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Soil Science and Soil Ecology, University of Bonn, Bonn 53115, Germany.
Chaopu TiState Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6660-8188
Wei ZhouState Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China.
Jingrui YangState Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China.
Hongbo HeInstitute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.
Xudong ZhangInstitute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.
Sheng ZhouEco-environmental Protection Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6675-3991
Xiaoyuan YanState Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8645-4836
Longlong XiaState Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Changshu National Agro-Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4026-4265

Funding

Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality Special Fund for Science and Technology from Jiangsu Science and Technology Department BM2022002Deployment and Allocation Project of Institute of Soil Science Chinese Academy of Sciences SKLSSA2509hina Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2025T8180698JST | Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Jiangsu Province () SBK2024010366National Environmental Research Council NE/W001691/1National Natural Science Foundation of China 42407466National Natural Science Foundation of China 42477363Progess of Strategy Priority Reaearch Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences XDB0630302
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rice production underpins food security but relies heavily on nitrogen (N) fertilization, much of which is lost as gaseous emissions. Dinitrogen (N

Indexed as

FertilizersNitrogenOryzaSoilAgricultureAmmoniaFloodsNitrous OxideAmmoniaFertilizersNitrogenNitrous OxideSoilammonia volatilizationdinitrogen measurementflooded rice fieldgaseous nitrogen lossesnitrogen cycling

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PMID42018411
PMCPMC13123924

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