Abstract
Abstract Field experiments were conducted in rice-wheat rotation under conventional management to determine the effects of straw return ((half straw return, HS) and (total straw return, TS)) on crop yield, N uptake, soil properties and soil NO 3 − –N leaching. We found that straw return significantly increased crop yield and N uptake. TS significantly increased soil SOM at depths of 20 cm and 30 cm. Straw return had significantly increased soil NO 3 − –N leaching at a depth of 10 cm, whereas significantly decreased soil NO 3 − –N leaching at depths of 30 cm and 90 cm in the rice season. In wheat season, HS and TS performed better than conventional fertilization management without straw return in reducing soil NO 3 − –N leaching at depth of 90 cm. Soil NO 3 − –N leaching was significantly decreased through enhancing total N uptake, improving soil aggregation and decreasing soil NO 3 − –N concentration. Our results indicated that total straw return has the potential to increase crop yield, improve soil aggregation and decrease soil NO 3 − –N concentration, thus increasing total N uptake and reducing soil NO 3 − –N leaching in the rice-wheat rotation system of Ningxia Yellow river irrigation district. In the future, the long-term observation of crop yield and nitrate nitrogen leaching are necessary to identify the environmentally friendly straw return practices for rice-wheat rotation.
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Straw return significantly increased crop yield.
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e0“straw return significantly increased crop yield and N uptake”
t0“rice-wheat rotation”
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Straw return significantly increased nitrogen uptake.
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e0“straw return significantly increased crop yield and N uptake”
t0“rice-wheat rotation”
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Total straw return significantly increased soil organic matter at 20 cm.
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e0“TS significantly increased soil SOM at depths of 20 cm and 30 cm”
t0“rice-wheat rotation”
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Total straw return significantly increased soil organic matter at 30 cm.
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e0“TS significantly increased soil SOM at depths of 20 cm and 30 cm”
t0“rice-wheat rotation”
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Straw return significantly increased soil nitrate nitrogen leaching at 10 cm.
- Taxon
- rice-wheatt0
- Treatment
- Straw returne0
- Outcome
- soil NO 3 − –N leachinge0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- 10 cme0
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e0“Straw return had significantly increased soil NO 3 − –N leaching at a depth of 10 cm”
t0“rice-wheat rotation”
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Straw return significantly decreased soil nitrate nitrogen leaching at 30 cm in rice season.
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e0“significantly decreased soil NO 3 − –N leaching at depths of 30 cm and 90 cm in the rice season”
t0“rice-wheat rotation”
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Straw return significantly decreased soil nitrate nitrogen leaching at 90 cm in rice season.
- Taxon
- rice-wheatt0
- Outcome
- soil NO 3 − –N leachinge0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Qualifier
- 90 cm in the rice seasone0
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e0“significantly decreased soil NO 3 − –N leaching at depths of 30 cm and 90 cm in the rice season”
t0“rice-wheat rotation”
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Half straw return reduced nitrate nitrogen leaching at 90 cm in wheat season more than conventional fertilization without straw return.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- HSe0
- Outcome
- soil NO 3 − –N leachinge0
- Direction
- reducinge0
- Qualifier
- 90 cme0
- Comparator
- conventional fertilization management without straw returne0
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e0“In wheat season, HS and TS performed better than conventional fertilization management without straw return in reducing soil NO 3 − –N leaching at depth of 90 cm”
Claim · model-written summary
Total straw return reduced nitrate nitrogen leaching at 90 cm in wheat season more than conventional fertilization without straw return.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- TSe0
- Outcome
- soil NO 3 − –N leachinge0
- Direction
- reducinge0
- Qualifier
- 90 cme0
- Comparator
- conventional fertilization management without straw returne0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

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e0“In wheat season, HS and TS performed better than conventional fertilization management without straw return in reducing soil NO 3 − –N leaching at depth of 90 cm”
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Reduced leaching was attributed to greater total nitrogen uptake, better soil aggregation and less soil nitrate nitrogen.
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e0“Soil NO 3 − –N leaching was significantly decreased through enhancing total N uptake, improving soil aggregation and decreasing soil NO 3 − –N concentration”
t0“rice-wheat rotation”
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Total straw return improved soil aggregation.
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e0“total straw return has the potential to increase crop yield, improve soil aggregation and decrease soil NO 3 − –N concentration”
t0“rice-wheat rotation”
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Total straw return decreased soil nitrate nitrogen concentration.
- Taxon
- rice-wheatt0
- Treatment
- total straw returne0
- Outcome
- soil NO 3 − –N concentratione0
- Direction
- decreasee0
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e0“total straw return has the potential to increase crop yield, improve soil aggregation and decrease soil NO 3 − –N concentration”
t0“rice-wheat rotation”