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Prediction of nitrogen leaching from winter-wheat production in North China based on random forest and XGBoost
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Tao-yu LI, Xiu-chun XU, Xuan YANG, Bin CUI, Heng-ai CHEN, Xiao-ying ZHAO, Ning YUAN, Fan-qiao MENG*
China Environmental Science | 2025, 45(1) : 343 - 354
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China Environmental Science | 2025, 45(1): 343-354
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Prediction of nitrogen leaching from winter-wheat production in North China based on random forest and XGBoost
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Tao-yu LI, Xiu-chun XU, Xuan YANG, Bin CUI, Heng-ai CHEN, Xiao-ying ZHAO, Ning YUAN, Fan-qiao MENG*
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  • College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Prevention, Control and Restoration of Farmland Soil Pollution, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Published: 2025-01-20
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Winter wheat is the main cereal crop in Northern China, and excessive nitrogen (N) fertilization and irrigation are employed in recent years to ensure a high grain yield. A high amount of N was lost via leaching, which exacerbated the risk of non-point source pollution and further increased the resource waste. It is highly necessary to clarify the characteristics and influencing factors of N leaching loss during the winter wheat season in the region. The literature on N leaching loss from the winter wheat production in Northern China, published from 2000 to 2023 was screened, and linear, multiple-factor regression models, as well as random forest and XGBoost models were established in the study. The research showed that the N leaching during the winter wheat season was mainly affected by the fertilizer rate and irrigation water, as well as soil properties (pH, clay and sand content), and was effectively inhibited by crop straw incorporation. Multiple variable combinations were constructed based on the results of importance analysis and stepwise regression. Grid search method, Bayesian and the combination of Bayesian and Early stopping were used to optimize the model parameters. The models constructed through Random Forest, based on all influential variables and based on the influential variables screened by stepwise, had the R2 of 0.628 and 0.708, respectively, and the R2 for the corresponding models constructed through XGBoost were 0.745 and 0.722, respectively. This indicates that the prediction effects of N leaching based on Random Forest and XGBoost were much better than the linear and multiple-factor regression models. The influence of multiple factors on N leaching was comprehensively considered in the machine learning models, and the effects of prediction were better when choosing the influential variables screened by empirical statistical methods as independent variables. The results of this study can provide technical support for reducing the N leaching in the winter wheat production in Northern China.

winter wheat  /  nitrogen leaching  /  machine learning  /  XGBoost  /  grid search  /  bayesian optimization
Tao-yu LI, Xiu-chun XU, Xuan YANG, Bin CUI, Heng-ai CHEN, Xiao-ying ZHAO, Ning YUAN, Fan-qiao MENG. Prediction of nitrogen leaching from winter-wheat production in North China based on random forest and XGBoost[J]. China Environmental Science, 2025 , 45 (1) : 343 -354 .
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  • Receive Date:2024-05-30
  • Online Date:2026-03-18
  • Published:2025-01-20
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数

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属数
Number of
genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of
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种数
Number of
species
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Percentage of total
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鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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