Shen Liu

TL;DR: It is concluded that biochar can be used under conditions where NH4 +-N (or NH3) pollution is a concern, but further research is needed in terms of applying biochars to reduce NO3 −-N pollution.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the current understanding of how farm size affects agricultural sustainability using China's crop farming as an example from economic, environment and social aspects, and analyzed impacts from both a Chinese and a global perspective to identify intervention points to improve agricultural performance.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors proposed a cropland-based livestock production system to rebuild the linkage between livestock and croplands from both agriculture production and human consumption perspectives for China.

TL;DR: In this paper, the current status of N management in 1531 counties, covering the primary agro-ecological regions of Chinese rice production in 2008, and conducted 12 field experiments with six N level practices for 3 years (2011-2013).

TL;DR: The results of model calibration and validation indicated that the model could correctly simulate maize yield and amount of nitrate leaching, with satisfactory values of RMSE-observation standard deviation ratio, model efficiency and determination coefficient.