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. 2019 Jul 29;9:10954. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-47554-1

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Mineral nitrogen (N) (ammonium-N + nitrate-N) in the 0–20 cm soil layer (a,c) and 20–40 cm soil layer (b,d) of intercropped maize (IM) or sole maize (SM) with two N treatments (N0, 0 kg N ha⁻¹; and N1, 225 kg N ha⁻¹ for pea and 450 kg N ha⁻¹ for maize) (a,c) and three maize densities (D1, 73,600 plants ha⁻¹; D2, 85,900 plants ha⁻¹; and D3, 98,200 plants ha⁻¹ for sole maize; the relative density of intercropped maize (according to the proportion of occupied area in intercropping) was 45,000, 52,500, and 60,000 plants ha⁻¹ for D1, D2, and D3, respectively) (b,d). Error bars indicate standard errors of the means (n = 4 for (a,b); n = 6 for (c,d)).