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Table 1 Sowing dates and fertilizer application rate of each treatment

From: Legume-based mixed intercropping systems may lower agricultural born N2O emissions

Abbreviation

Crop

Fertilizer (kg CAN–N ha−1)

Stand

Date of sowing spring and winter crops

WT

Spring wheat/winter wheat

None

Mono

25 March 2014/28 October 2014

NWT

Spring wheat + N/winter wheat + N

80

Mono

25 March 2014/28 October 2014

WFB

Mixed intercropping (wheat and faba bean)a

None

Mixed intercrop

25 March 2014/28 October 2014

FB

Field beansa

None

Mono

25 March 2014/28 October 2014

PL

Poplar

None

Mono

30 April 2014

NPL

Poplar

80

Mono

30 April 2014

PRB

Mixed planting

None

Mixed planting

30 April 2014

Poplar/Robinia

RB

Robinia

None

Mono

30 April 2014

  1. aInformation was given for both spring and winter crops