Greenhouse gas emissions and reactive nitrogen releases from rice production with simultaneous incorporation of wheat straw and nitrogen fertilizer
Impacts of simultaneous inputs of crop straw and nitrogen (N) fertilizer on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and N losses from rice production are not well understood. A 2-year field experiment was established in a rice–wheat cropping system in the Taihu Lake region (TLR) of China to evaluate the GHG...
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| author | L. Xia Y. Xia S. Ma J. Wang S. Wang W. Zhou X. Yan |
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| description | Impacts of simultaneous inputs of crop straw and nitrogen (N) fertilizer on
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and N losses from rice production are not
well understood. A 2-year field experiment was established in a rice–wheat
cropping system in the Taihu Lake region (TLR) of China to evaluate the GHG
intensity (GHGI) as well as reactive N intensity (NrI) of rice production with inputs
of wheat straw and N fertilizer. The field experiment included five
treatments of different N fertilization rates for rice production: 0 (RN0),
120 (RN120), 180 (RN180), 240 (RN240), and 300 kg N ha<sup>−1</sup> (RN300,
traditional N application rate in the TLR). Wheat straws were fully incorporated
into soil before rice transplantation. The meta-analytic technique was
employed to evaluate various Nr losses. Results showed that the response of
rice yield to N rate successfully fitted a quadratic model, while N
fertilization promoted Nr discharges exponentially (nitrous oxide emission,
N leaching, and runoff) or linearly (ammonia volatilization). The GHGI of
rice production ranged from 1.20 (RN240) to 1.61 kg CO<sub>2</sub>
equivalent (CO<sub>2</sub> eq) kg<sup>−1</sup> (RN0), while NrI varied from 2.14 (RN0) to
10.92 g N kg<sup>−1</sup> (RN300). Methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) emission dominated the GHGI
with a proportion of 70.2–88.6 % due to direct straw incorporation, while
ammonia (NH<sub>3</sub>) volatilization dominated the NrI with proportion of
53.5–57.4 %. Damage costs to environment incurred by GHG and Nr releases
from current rice production (RN300) accounted for 8.8 and 4.9 % of
farmers' incomes, respectively. Cutting N application rate from 300
(traditional N rate) to 240 kg N ha<sup>−1</sup> could improve rice yield and
nitrogen use efficiency by 2.14 and 10.30 %, respectively, while
simultaneously reducing GHGI by 13 %, NrI by 23 %, and total environmental
costs by 16 %. Moreover, the reduction of 60 kg N ha<sup>−1</sup> improved
farmers' income by CNY 639 ha<sup>−1</sup>, which would provide them with an
incentive to change the current N application rate. Our study suggests that
GHG and Nr releases, especially for CH<sub>4</sub> emission and NH<sub>3</sub>
volatilization, from rice production in the TLR could be further reduced,
considering the current incorporation pattern of wheat straw and N
fertilizer. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-70dd6bb140404e7b85b991a58245a8cc2022-12-22T02:57:41ZengCopernicus PublicationsBiogeosciences1726-41701726-41892016-08-0113154569457910.5194/bg-13-4569-2016Greenhouse gas emissions and reactive nitrogen releases from rice production with simultaneous incorporation of wheat straw and nitrogen fertilizerL. Xia0Y. Xia1S. Ma2J. Wang3S. Wang4W. Zhou5X. Yan6State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaImpacts of simultaneous inputs of crop straw and nitrogen (N) fertilizer on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and N losses from rice production are not well understood. A 2-year field experiment was established in a rice–wheat cropping system in the Taihu Lake region (TLR) of China to evaluate the GHG intensity (GHGI) as well as reactive N intensity (NrI) of rice production with inputs of wheat straw and N fertilizer. The field experiment included five treatments of different N fertilization rates for rice production: 0 (RN0), 120 (RN120), 180 (RN180), 240 (RN240), and 300 kg N ha<sup>−1</sup> (RN300, traditional N application rate in the TLR). Wheat straws were fully incorporated into soil before rice transplantation. The meta-analytic technique was employed to evaluate various Nr losses. Results showed that the response of rice yield to N rate successfully fitted a quadratic model, while N fertilization promoted Nr discharges exponentially (nitrous oxide emission, N leaching, and runoff) or linearly (ammonia volatilization). The GHGI of rice production ranged from 1.20 (RN240) to 1.61 kg CO<sub>2</sub> equivalent (CO<sub>2</sub> eq) kg<sup>−1</sup> (RN0), while NrI varied from 2.14 (RN0) to 10.92 g N kg<sup>−1</sup> (RN300). Methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) emission dominated the GHGI with a proportion of 70.2–88.6 % due to direct straw incorporation, while ammonia (NH<sub>3</sub>) volatilization dominated the NrI with proportion of 53.5–57.4 %. Damage costs to environment incurred by GHG and Nr releases from current rice production (RN300) accounted for 8.8 and 4.9 % of farmers' incomes, respectively. Cutting N application rate from 300 (traditional N rate) to 240 kg N ha<sup>−1</sup> could improve rice yield and nitrogen use efficiency by 2.14 and 10.30 %, respectively, while simultaneously reducing GHGI by 13 %, NrI by 23 %, and total environmental costs by 16 %. Moreover, the reduction of 60 kg N ha<sup>−1</sup> improved farmers' income by CNY 639 ha<sup>−1</sup>, which would provide them with an incentive to change the current N application rate. Our study suggests that GHG and Nr releases, especially for CH<sub>4</sub> emission and NH<sub>3</sub> volatilization, from rice production in the TLR could be further reduced, considering the current incorporation pattern of wheat straw and N fertilizer.http://www.biogeosciences.net/13/4569/2016/bg-13-4569-2016.pdf |
| spellingShingle | L. Xia Y. Xia S. Ma J. Wang S. Wang W. Zhou X. Yan Greenhouse gas emissions and reactive nitrogen releases from rice production with simultaneous incorporation of wheat straw and nitrogen fertilizer Biogeosciences |
| title | Greenhouse gas emissions and reactive nitrogen releases from rice production
with simultaneous incorporation of wheat straw and nitrogen fertilizer |
| title_full | Greenhouse gas emissions and reactive nitrogen releases from rice production
with simultaneous incorporation of wheat straw and nitrogen fertilizer |
| title_fullStr | Greenhouse gas emissions and reactive nitrogen releases from rice production
with simultaneous incorporation of wheat straw and nitrogen fertilizer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Greenhouse gas emissions and reactive nitrogen releases from rice production
with simultaneous incorporation of wheat straw and nitrogen fertilizer |
| title_short | Greenhouse gas emissions and reactive nitrogen releases from rice production
with simultaneous incorporation of wheat straw and nitrogen fertilizer |
| title_sort | greenhouse gas emissions and reactive nitrogen releases from rice production with simultaneous incorporation of wheat straw and nitrogen fertilizer |
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