Chaochun Zhang

Best Publications

• Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology.

  Rob W. Brooker;Alison E. Bennett;Wen Feng Cong;Tim J. Daniell

  1367
  Citations

• Pursuing sustainable productivity with millions of smallholder farmers.

  Zhenling Cui;Hongyan Zhang;Xinping Chen;Chaochun Zhang

  1242
  Citations

• Syndromes of production in intercropping impact yield gains.

  Chunjie Li;Chunjie Li;Ellis Hoffland;Thomas W. Kuyper;Yang Yu

  527
  Citations

• Effect of Si on the distribution of Cd in rice seedlings

  Xinhui Shi;Chaochun Zhang;He Wang;Fusuo Zhang

  409
  Citations

• Intercropping maize and soybean increases efficiency of land and fertilizer nitrogen use; A meta-analysis

  Zhan Xu;Zhan Xu;Chunjie Li;Chunjie Li;Chaochun Zhang;Chaochun Zhang;Yang Yu

  269
  Citations

• The productive performance of intercropping

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  250
  Citations

• Increased soil phosphorus availability induced by faba bean root exudation stimulates root growth and phosphorus uptake in neighbouring maize

  Deshan Zhang;Chaochun Zhang;Xiaoyan Tang;Haigang Li

  246
  Citations

• An overview of the use of plastic-film mulching in China to increase crop yield and water-use efficiency.

  Dongbao Sun;Dongbao Sun;Haigang Li;Haigang Li;Haigang Li;Enli Wang;Wenqing He

  209
  Citations

• Long-term effects of exogenous silicon on cadmium translocation and toxicity in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

  Chaochun Zhang;Lijun Wang;Qing Nie;Wenxu Zhang

  205
  Citations

• Designing intercrops for high yield, yield stability and efficient use of resources: Are there principles?

  Tjeerd Jan Stomph;Christos Dordas;Alain Baranger;Joshua de Rijk

  198
  Citations

• Yield gain, complementarity and competitive dominance in intercropping in China: A meta-analysis of drivers of yield gain using additive partitioning

  Chunjie Li;Chunjie Li;Ellis Hoffland;Thomas W. Kuyper;Yang Yu

  177
  Citations

• The utility of phenotypic plasticity of root hair length for phosphorus acquisition

  Jinming Zhu;Chaochun Zhang;Chaochun Zhang;Jonathan P. Lynch

  177
  Citations

• Grain production versus resource and environmental costs: towards increasing sustainability of nutrient use in China

  Xiaoqiang Jiao;Yang Lyu;Xiaobin Wu;Haigang Li

  174
  Citations

• Transforming agriculture in China: From solely high yield to both high yield and high resource use efficiency

  Jianbo Shen;Zhenling Cui;Yuxin Miao;Guohua Mi

  163
  Citations

• Intercropping legumes and cereals increases phosphorus use efficiency; a meta-analysis

  Xiaoyan Tang;Xiaoyan Tang;Chaochun Zhang;Yang Yu;Jianbo Shen

  155
  Citations

• Root foraging elicits niche complementarity-dependent yield advantage in the ancient 'three sisters' (maize/bean/squash) polyculture

  Chaochun Zhang;Johannes A. Postma;Larry M. York;Jonathan P. Lynch

  150
  Citations

• Intercropping cereals with faba bean reduces plant disease incidence regardless of fertilizer input; a meta-analysis

  Chaochun Zhang;Yan Dong;Li Tang;Yi Zheng

  136
  Citations

• Do lignification and silicification of the cell wall precede silicon deposition in the silica cell of the rice (Oryza sativa L.) leaf epidermis

  Chaochun Zhang;Lijun Wang;Wenxu Zhang;Fusuo Zhang

  126
  Citations

• THE 4 C APPROACH AS A WAY TO UNDERSTAND SPECIES INTERACTIONS DETERMINING INTERCROPPING PRODUCTIVITY

  Eric Justes;Laurent Bedoussac;Christos Dordas;Ela Frak

  74
  Citations

• Changes in soil phosphorus fractions following sole cropped and intercropped maize and faba bean grown on calcareous soil

  Dan Liao;Chaochun Zhang;Haigang Li;Haigang Li;Hans Lambers;Hans Lambers

  73
  Citations

• Cover crops promote primary crop yield in China : A meta-regression of factors affecting yield gain

  Fan Fan;Wopke van der Werf;David Makowski;Jay Ram Lamichhane

  64
  Citations

• Economic Performance and Sustainability of a Novel Intercropping System on the North China Plain

  Chengdong Huang;Quanqing Liu;Nico Heerink;TjeerdJan Stomph

  49
  Citations

• The importance of aboveground and belowground interspecific interactions in determining crop growth and advantages of peanut/maize intercropping

  Nianyuan Jiao;Nianyuan Jiao;Jiangtao Wang;Chao Ma;Chaochun Zhang

  42
  Citations