# Crop Yield and Soil Fertility

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/crop-yield-and-soil-fertility-2/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 816,466 |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores various factors affecting maize yield, including nitrogen uptake, plant density, lodging resistance, hybrid selection, grain quality, stalk strength, source-sink relationship, genetic improvement, and crop management. |
| Domain | Life Sciences |
| Field | Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T12310 |
| Works | 123,870 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [Philippe Ciais](https://scholariq.org/researchers/philippe-ciais/)
- [David Tilman](https://scholariq.org/researchers/david-tilman/)
- [Rattan Lal](https://scholariq.org/researchers/rattan-lal/)
- [Christopher B. Field](https://scholariq.org/researchers/christopher-b-field/)
- [Peter M. Vitousek](https://scholariq.org/researchers/peter-m-vitousek/)
- [Pete Smith](https://scholariq.org/researchers/pete-smith/)
- [Josephine W Ngunjiri](https://scholariq.org/researchers/josephine-w-ngunjiri/)
- [Harold A. Mooney](https://scholariq.org/researchers/harold-a-mooney/)
- [Shilong Piao](https://scholariq.org/researchers/shilong-piao/)
- [William J. Sutherland](https://scholariq.org/researchers/william-j-sutherland/)
- [Jonathan A. Foley](https://scholariq.org/researchers/jonathan-a-foley/)
- [Johannes Lehmann](https://scholariq.org/researchers/johannes-lehmann/)

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