Half-century history of crop nitrogen budget and nitrogen use efficiency in the conterminous United States: Variations over time, space and crop types

Chaoqun Lu1, Jien Zhang2, Peiyu Cao1 and Jerry Hatfield3, (1)Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States, (2)Iowa State University, Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Ames, IA, United States, (3)USDA-ARS, National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, IA, United States