@article{Shao2025, 
author = {Hui Shao and Xiangyu Ma and Changzhi Jia and Junhui Liu and Fengbo Zhu and Xuebing Wu and Jiahui Duan and Xuesheng Liu and Baiwen Jiang},
title = {Optimizing maize growth and N dynamics in Northeast China by combining dairy cattle slurry and synthetic fertilizer},
year = {2025},
journal = {The Crop Journal},
volume = {13},
number = {4},
pages = {1312-1318},
keywords = {Root growth, Nitrogen use efficiency, Nitrogen balance, Dairy cattle slurry, Maize},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1016/j.cj.2025.06.014},
doi = {10.1016/j.cj.2025.06.014},
abstract = {Dairy cattle slurry is a source of nitrogen (N) that can substitute for synthetic fertilizers. This study aimed to identify combinations of synthetic fertilizers and slurry optimal for maize growth and N dynamics in Northeast China. In a two-year field experiment testing synthetic-to-slurry N fertilization ratios, slurry application increased grain yield and yield components, net economic benefit, and N use efficiency relative to synthetic fertilization but led to higher nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions. A 1:1–1:3 synthetic N: slurry N ratio and slurry application at 60–90 t ha−1 balanced productivity with N losses.}
}