Continuous versus discontinuous biodegradable film mulching in maize: A five-year field study on soil carbon sequestration, productivity, and microplastic legacy - Kai Wang; Xiao Li; Shiyan Sun; Gary Y. Gan; Ying Zhao; Qiang Li; Jiangxin Gu; Rui Jiang (Field Crops Research, 2026)

Yield advantage in wide strip intercropping: Border-row effects and adding a third crop in double relay intercropping - Hao Yang; Huai-Ying Ma; Yi-Wen Zhao; Jiu-Dong Zhang; Gui-Zong Zhang; Jia-Kang Lu; Ya-Xian Huang; Xing-Guo Bao; Rui-Peng Yu; Wopke van der Werf; Long Li (Field Crops Research, 2026)

Strip deep rotary tillage reduces the optimal nitrogen rate for high maize yield in the North China Plain: A system-specific optimization of root-shoot growth and soil nitrogen availability - Zhuohan Gao; Hongliang Lan; Zhigang Wang; Xinbing Wang; Zaisong Ding; Rui Wang; Lu Liang; Congfeng Li; Ming Zhao; Baoyuan Zhou (Field Crops Research, 2026)

Wide-precision planting with optimal high sowing rate improves winter wheat yield by optimizing canopy structure and radiation use - Yunchao Liu; Rui Zong; Yanli Fan; Miaomiao Qiao; Haojie Hu; Xinghui Wang; Quanqi Li (Field Crops Research, 2026)

Alternate straw mulching improves sorghum productivity and profitability via moderating soil temperature and conserving moisture in a hot, drought-prone region - Yuzhang Chen; Xin Liu; Songguo Wu; Wei Mo; Min Li; Xi Liu; Licheng Wang; Rui Li; Lijuan Gong (Field Crops Research, 2026)

Enhancing rice yield and nitrogen use efficiency through OsRAV1 expression and crop management - Yingbo Gao; Haiyan Chao; Xinyi Zhao; Xin Liu; Chang Liu; Guanda Hu; Xueqin Chen; Guowei Wang; Dunliang Wang; Rui Li; Juan Zhou; Xiaoxiang Zhang; et al. (Field Crops Research, 2026)

A general framework for designing and assessing sustainable and diversified cropping systems: Bridging knowledge-driven, model-aided, and participatory approaches - Zhengyuan Liang; Bowen Ma; Rui-Peng Yu; Yuewen Huo; Shingirai Mudare; Feiyu Ying; Long Li; Fusuo Zhang; Wen-Feng Cong (Field Crops Research, 2026)

Green Intelligent Fertilizer derived from yellow phosphorus slag boosts rice yield and mitigate environmental impacts in high-altitude watersheds - Suoqian Kang; Ou Yu; Shuntao Zhang; Yujiao Tan; Rui Wang; Xueli Du; Jun Cao; Zhong Duan; Fei Huang; Rong Li; Changzhou Wei; Jiujiang Xu (Field Crops Research, 2026)

Maize-soybean intercropping improves grain yield via modifying water uptake strategies and dry matter accumulation translocation mechanisms - Zhendong Liu; Xiudi Shangguan; Haojie Hu; Xinghui Wang; Miaomiao Qiao; Yunchao Liu; Zhiheng Liang; Rui Zong; Quanqi Li (Field Crops Research, 2026)

Optimizing straw strip-mulching to enhance winter wheat productivity in semi-arid drylands - Rui Li; Yuzhang Chen; Yuwei Chai; Yawei Li; Jiantao Ma; Hongbo Cheng; Lei Chang; Shouxi Chai (Field Crops Research, 2025)

Relationship between agricultural water and soil resources carrying capacity and crop yield with long-term plastic film mulching coupled with fertilization - Rui Jiao; Jiubo Pei; Siyin Wang; Mengmeng Wang; Yao Zhang; Jiahui Shi; Xuesong Leng; Heyuan Guan; Sidi Wang; Shuangyi Li (Field Crops Research, 2025)

Adaptive sowing window strategy for improving grain filling and water loss characteristics of film-mulched maize in Northwest China - Xudong Zhang; Haixiang Xiong; Rui Wang; Junjie Li; Zhaoyun Dong; Zhikuan Jia; Qingfang Han (Field Crops Research, 2025)

Increased spike density and enhanced vegetative growth as primary contributors to improvement of dryland wheat yield via surface mulching - Yuwei Chai; Yawei Li; Rui Li; Lei Chang; Hongbo Cheng; Jiantao Ma; Yuqing Qin; Fanxiang Han; Changgang Yang; Yuzhang Chen; Qian Chen; Yao Zhang; et al. (Field Crops Research, 2025)

Water-nitrogen coupling promotes efficient resource utilization by optimizing cotton root morphology under salt stress - Ling Li; En Lin; Hongguang Liu; Yanjie Li; Zhijie Li; Rui Cai (Field Crops Research, 2025)

Optimizing sowing date to enhance grain yield and quality formation of colored rice in tropical regions of China - Shaokun Song; Rui Yue; Long Chen; Song Li; Ye Tao; Zhenxiang Zhou; Lixiao Nie (Field Crops Research, 2025)

Stubble height and irrigation significantly influenced the carbon footprint of ratoon rice cropping system in South China - Xiangyu Hu; Youqiang Fu; Nanxun Huang; Xinyu Wang; Rui Hu; Xuhua Zhong; Junfeng Pan; Meijuan Li; Yanzhuo Liu; Qunhuan Ye; Yuanhong Yin; Kaiming Liang (Field Crops Research, 2024)

Optimizing nitrogen application patterns and amounts to improve maize yield and water-nitrogen use efficiencies in the Loess Plateau of China: A meta-analysis - Rui Yin; Xiaobo Gu; Zhikai Cheng; Wenlong Li; Yuming Wang; Tongtong Zhao; Wenjing Cai; Yadan Du; Huanjie Cai (Field Crops Research, 2024)

Effects of 12-year cropping systems and tillage practices on crop yield and carbon trade-off in dryland Loess Plateau - Xingyu Guo; Hao Wang; Naeem Ahmad; Rui Wang; Xiaoli Wang; Jun Li (Field Crops Research, 2024)

Grain and nutritional yield merits of sustainable intensification through maize-legume rotations in land constrained smallholder farms of Malawi - Donald Nyamayevu; Isaiah Nyagumbo; Wei-li Liang; Rui-qi Li; João Vasco Silva (Field Crops Research, 2024)

Synergistic impact of various straw-return methods and irrigation regimes on winter wheat physiological growth and yield - Fuying Liu; Mingliang Gao; Haoze Zhang; Huabin Yuan; Bin Hu; Rui Zong; Mingming Zhang; Yuzhao Ma; Quanqi Li (Field Crops Research, 2024)

Effects of plastic film mulching on yield, water use efficiency, and nitrogen use efficiency of different crops in China: A meta-analysis - Tiantian Huang; Qianxiang Wu; Yangyang Yuan; Xintong Zhang; Ruiqi Sun; Rui Hao; Xiaohua Yang; Congfeng Li; Xiaoliang Qin; Fangqi Song; Charles O. Joseph; Wen Wang; et al. (Field Crops Research, 2024)

Mitigating the negative effect of warming on crop yield: Assessing the carbon fertilization and organic amendment application effect - Xiaodong Wang; Lei Wang; Yuxin Chen; Yang Hu; Rui Guan; Mingze Li; Lei Wang; Ying Zhang (Field Crops Research, 2024)

Combining vegetation, color, and texture indices with hyperspectral parameters using machine-learning methods to estimate nitrogen concentration in rice stems and leaves - Dunliang Wang; Rui Li; Tao Liu; Shengping Liu; Chengming Sun; Wenshan Guo (Field Crops Research, 2023)

Trade-offs and synergies of plant traits co-drive efficient nitrogen use in intercropping systems - Hao Yang; Wei-Ping Zhang; Hua-Sen Xu; Rui-Peng Yu; Ye Su; Surigaoge Surigaoge; Pei-Xuan Wang; Xin Yang; Hans Lambers; Long Li (Field Crops Research, 2023)

Crop cultivar mixtures stabilize productivity, partly via facilitation, when conditions are less benign - Ye Su; Rui-Peng Yu; Hua-Sen Xu; Jian-Hao Sun; Jian-Hua Zhao; Wei-Ping Zhang; Hao Yang; Surigaoge Surigaoge; Ragan M. Callaway; Long Li (Field Crops Research, 2023)

Two pathways drive enhanced nitrogen acquisition via a complementarity effect in long-term intercropping - Yi Xing; Rui-Peng Yu; Ran An; Ning Yang; Jin-Pu Wu; Huai-Ying Ma; Jiu-Dong Zhang; Xing-Guo Bao; Hans Lambers; Long Li (Field Crops Research, 2023)