Inorganic nitrogen fertilizer and high N application rate promote N2O emission and suppress CH4 uptake in a rotational vegetable system

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Carswell, A. M., Fan, Y., Misselbrook, T. H., Hao, X., Ding, R., Li, S. and Kang, S 2021. Inorganic nitrogen fertilizer and high N application rate promote N2O emission and suppress CH4 uptake in a rotational vegetable system. Soil & Tillage Research. 206 (February), p. 104848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2020.104848

AuthorsCarswell, A. M., Fan, Y., Misselbrook, T. H., Hao, X., Ding, R., Li, S. and Kang, S
Abstract

Understanding the influence of management practices on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from greenhouse cropping is of great importance for assessing the environmental impacts of the greenhouse cropping industry and improving its sustainability. A tomato–cucumber–tomato rotation experiment was carried out in a typical solar greenhouse in northwest China with four treatments including two irrigation levels (regular (RI) and low (LI)) and two fertilizer types (organic fertilizer (N1) and inorganic fertilizer (N2)). Greenhouse gas fluxes (nitrous oxide, N2O, and methane, CH4) were measured regularly using the closed chamber method during the three growing seasons, along with soil water-filled pore space (WFPS), temperature, mineral-N concentration and nitrobacteria, nitrosomonas and denitrifying bacteria abundance. Over the rotation, the soil acted as a source for N2O and a sink for CH4, with the mean fluxes of 0.12 mg N2O-N m−2 h−1 and -0.31 mg CH4-C m−2 h−1, respectively. The stepwise multiple linear regressions indicated that WFPS and soil temperature accounted for significant portion of N2O emission and CH4 uptake variations, respectively for both fertilizer types. Fertilization rate and type resulted in much greater difference of cumulative GHG emission between treatments than the irrigation level. Inorganic fertilizer with higher nitrogen application rate usually resulted in higher cumulative N2O emission and lower CH4 uptake than organic fertilizer application. Over the rotation, total greenhouse emission (GHGt) and greenhouse emission intensity (GHGI) on average followed the same order of RIN2 > LIN2 > LIN1 > RIN1 with N2O emission as the dominant component for each treatment. Overall, organic fertilizer with proper water application under drip irrigation can effectively mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and maintain relatively high and stable vegetable yields in solar greenhouse cropping in northwest China.

KeywordsN2O emission; CH4 uptake; Organic fertilizer; Inorganic fertilizer; Soil variables
Year of Publication2021
JournalSoil & Tillage Research
Journal citation206 (February), p. 104848
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2020.104848
Web address (URL)https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167198720306309?via%3Dihub
Open accessPublished as non-open access
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Funder project or codeBB/N013468/1
S2N - Soil to Nutrition - Work package 2 (WP2) - Adaptive management systems for improved efficiency and nutritional quality
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online25 Oct 2020
Publication process dates
Accepted14 Oct 2020
PublisherElsevier Science Bv
ISSN0167-1987

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