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Crop-specific management history of phosphorus fertilizer input (CMH-P) in the croplands of the United States: reconciliation of top-down and bottom-up data sources
Peiyu Cao
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 5011, USA
Department of Global Development, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 5011, USA
Franco Bilotto
Department of Global Development, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Carlos Gonzalez Fischer
Department of Global Development, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Mario Herrero
Department of Global Development, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 5011, USA
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This article presents a spatially explicit time series dataset reconstructing crop-specific phosphorus fertilizer application rates, timing, and methods at a 4 km × 4 km resolution in the United States from 1850 to 2022. We comprehensively characterized the spatio-temporal dynamics of P fertilizer management over the last 170 years by considering cross-crop variations. This dataset will greatly contribute to the field of agricultural sustainability assessment and Earth system modeling.
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