M. V. Galdos, J. R. Soares, K. S. Lourenço, P. Harris, M. Zeri, G. Cunha-Zeri, V. P. Vargas, I. A. M. Degaspari, H. Cantarella
{"title":"Multi-experiment assessment of soil nitrous oxide emissions in sugarcane","authors":"M. V. Galdos, J. R. Soares, K. S. Lourenço, P. Harris, M. Zeri, G. Cunha-Zeri, V. P. Vargas, I. A. M. Degaspari, H. Cantarella","doi":"10.1007/s10705-023-10321-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-023-10321-w","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Soil nitrous oxide (N 2 O) fluxes comprise a significant part of the greenhouse gas emissions of agricultural products but are spatially and temporally variable, due to complex interactions between climate, soil and management variables. This study aimed to identify the main factors that affect N 2 O emissions under sugarcane, using a multi-site database from field experiments. Greenhouse gas fluxes, soil, climate, and management data were obtained from 13 field trials spanning the 2011–2017 period. We conducted exploratory, descriptive and inferential data analyses in experiments with varying fertiliser and stillage (vinasse) type and rate, and crop residue rates. The most relevant period of high N 2 O fluxes was the first 46 days after fertiliser application. The results indicate a strong positive correlation of cumulative N 2 O with nitrogen (N) fertiliser rate, soil fungi community (18S rRNA gene), soil ammonium (NH 4 + ) and nitrate (NO 3 − ); and a moderate negative correlation with amoA genes of ammonia-oxidising archaea (AOA) and soil organic matter content. The regression analysis revealed that easily routinely measured climate and management-related variables explained over 50% of the variation in cumulative N 2 O emissions, and that additional soil chemical and physical parameters improved the regression fit with an R 2 = 0.65. Cross-wavelet analysis indicated significant correlations of N 2 O fluxes with rainfall and air temperature up to 64 days, associated with temporal lags of 2 to 4 days in some experiments, and presenting a good environmental control over fluxes in general. The nitrogen fertiliser mean emission factors ranged from 0.03 to 1.17% of N applied, with urea and ammonium nitrate plus vinasse producing high emissions, while ammonium sulphate, ammonium nitrate without vinasse, calcium nitrate, and mitigation alternatives (nitrification inhibitors and timing of vinasse application) producing low N 2 O-EFs. Measurements from multiple sites spanning several cropping seasons were useful for exploring the influence of environmental and management-related variables on soil N 2 O emissions in sugarcane production, providing support for global warming mitigation strategies, nitrogen management policies, and increased agricultural input efficiency.","PeriodicalId":19336,"journal":{"name":"Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems","volume":"67 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135511750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nitrogen fertilizer replacement values of organic amendments: determination and prediction","authors":"Dorien Westerik, Ellis Hoffland, Renske Hijbeek","doi":"10.1007/s10705-023-10316-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-023-10316-7","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The nitrogen fertilizer replacement value (NFRV) quantifies the value of organic amendments as a nitrogen (N) fertilizer, and is commonly defined as the extent to which organic fertilizer N can replace mineral fertilizer N. NFRVs can be calculated by comparing the crop N uptake from equal N application rates of mineral and organic fertilizer, or by comparing the N rates of both fertilizers needed to obtain equal crop N uptake. Currently, NFRVs are mainly known for animal manure, whereas other organic waste products may become available as fertilizer products in the future. In this study, a pot experiment with spring wheat was performed to (1) assess NFRVs of a range of organic amendments; (2) compare NFRVs based on equal N application with NFRVs based on equal N uptake; and (3) assess which product characteristics explain observed variation. Observed NFRVs varied between 6.2 and 78.8%, with the lowest value for raw food waste and the highest for fishmeal. NFRVs were overestimated when calculated based on equal N application rate (with on average 6.9% point), and more so at high N application rate (9.0% point). NFRVs should therefore be calculated based on equal N uptake from organic and mineral fertilizers. Nitrogen concentration of the organic fertilizer provided the best explanation of variation observed in NFRVs (R 2 = 0.86). These findings give valuable insights into the large variation in value of organic waste streams as organic fertilizer and can support decisions on sustainable N application rates, to increase crop N uptake and reduce N losses to the environment.","PeriodicalId":19336,"journal":{"name":"Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems","volume":"124 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135855537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"End-of-life stage of renewable growing media with biochar versus spent peat or mineral wool","authors":"Bart Vandecasteele, Lotte Similon, Julie Moelants, Maarten Hofkens, Rianne Visser, Peter Melis","doi":"10.1007/s10705-023-10315-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-023-10315-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19336,"journal":{"name":"Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135968286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Suman Kumar Sourav, C. T. Subbarayappa, D C. Hanumanthappa, None Mudalagiriyappa, Prem Jose Vazhacharickal, Andrea Mock, Mariko Ingold, Andreas Buerkert
{"title":"Soil respiration under different N fertilization and irrigation regimes in Bengaluru, S-India","authors":"Suman Kumar Sourav, C. T. Subbarayappa, D C. Hanumanthappa, None Mudalagiriyappa, Prem Jose Vazhacharickal, Andrea Mock, Mariko Ingold, Andreas Buerkert","doi":"10.1007/s10705-023-10311-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-023-10311-y","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Rapid urbanization in many countries of the Global South has led to intensification of urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) whose effects on the soils’ physical, chemical, and microbial properties have been hardly studied. We therefore investigated the effects of different intensity levels, exemplified by three rates of mineral nitrogen (N) addition and irrigation on CO 2 emissions in typical crops during the wet ( Kharif ) and dry ( Rabi ) season on a Nitisol in Bengaluru, S-India. Respiration data were collected from 2017 to 2021 in two two-factorial split-plot experiments conducted under rainfed and irrigated conditions. Test crops were maize ( Zea mays L.), finger millet ( Eleusine coracana Gaertn.), and lablab ( Lablab purpureus L. Sweet) under rainfed and irrigated conditions, as well as the vegetables cabbage ( Brassica oleracea var. capitata ), eggplant ( Solanum melongena L.), and tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum L.) or chili ( Capsicum annuum L.). Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions were determined using a Los Gatos Research (LGR) multi-gas analyzer whereby under our study conditions CH 4 , NH 3 and N 2 O were negligible. Measurements were conducted from 7:00 am to 11:30 am and repeated from 12:30 pm to 6:00 pm. Irrespective of irrigation, season, crops and N fertilizer level, CO 2 emission rates during afternoon hours were significantly higher (2–128%) than during morning hours. In the irrigated field diurnal emission differences between afternoon and morning hours ranged from 0.04 to 1.61 kg CO 2 -C ha −1 h −1 while in the rainfed field they averaged 0.20–1.78 kg CO 2 -C ha −1 h −1 . Irrespective of crops, in the rainfed field CO 2 emissions in high N plots were 56.4% larger than in low N plots whereas in the irrigated field they were only 12.1% larger. The results of a linear mixed model analysis indicated that N fertilization enhanced CO 2 emissions whereby these effects were highest in rainfed crops. Soil moisture enhanced emissions in rainfed crops but decreased them under irrigation where crop-specific CO 2 emissions within a season were independent of N application. Soil temperature at 5 cm depth enhanced CO 2 emissions in both fields. Overall, higher N and soil temperature enhanced CO 2 fluxes whereas effects of soil moisture depended on irrigation.","PeriodicalId":19336,"journal":{"name":"Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135395107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fábio Rafael Echer, Marcelo Raphael Volf, Vinícius José Souza Peres, Jaqueline Angelotti Hafemann, Gustavo Ricardo Aguiar Silva, Ciro Antonio Rosolem
{"title":"Ruzigrass as cover crop improves the potassium partial balance and use by subsequent cotton","authors":"Fábio Rafael Echer, Marcelo Raphael Volf, Vinícius José Souza Peres, Jaqueline Angelotti Hafemann, Gustavo Ricardo Aguiar Silva, Ciro Antonio Rosolem","doi":"10.1007/s10705-023-10312-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-023-10312-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19336,"journal":{"name":"Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134911846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raúl Castejón-del Pino, Miguel A. Sánchez-Monedero, María Sánchez-García, María L. Cayuela
{"title":"Fertilization strategies to reduce yield-scaled N2O emissions based on the use of biochar and biochar-based fertilizers","authors":"Raúl Castejón-del Pino, Miguel A. Sánchez-Monedero, María Sánchez-García, María L. Cayuela","doi":"10.1007/s10705-023-10313-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-023-10313-w","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Novel fertilization strategies, such as the use of biochar-based fertilizers (BBFs) and the co-application of biochar with mineral fertilizers, have shown promising results for mitigating nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions and reducing N losses in agroecosystems. Two greenhouse experiments were performed with radish to evaluate: (1) the mitigation of yield-scaled N 2 O emissions using BBFs, produced at either 400 or 800 °C and enriched with urea, compared to the co-application of raw biochars with urea; and (2) the N 2 O mitigation potential of low rates of raw biochars, equivalent to those used with BBFs fertilization, co-applied with low and high N rates (90 and 180 kg N ha −1 ). BBF produced at 800 °C reduced yield-scaled N 2 O emissions by 32% as compared to the urea treatment, and by 60%, as compared to the combination of raw biochar with urea. This reduction was attributed to the slow rate of N release in BBF. On the contrary, the co-application of low rates of biochar with urea increased yield-scaled N 2 O emissions as compared to the fertilization with urea alone. Low rates of biochar (1.4–3.1 t ha −1 ) reduced yield-scaled N 2 O emissions only with a high rate of N fertilization. High-pyrolysis-temperature biochar, co-applied with synthetic fertilizer, or used to produce BBFs, demonstrated lower yield-scaled N 2 O emissions than biochar produced at a lower pyrolysis temperature. This study showed that BBFs are a promising fertilization strategy as compared to the co-application of biochar with synthetic fertilizers.","PeriodicalId":19336,"journal":{"name":"Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136192031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhurong Wu, Yuanyuan Wang, Chao Liu, Zhenghua Hu, Nan Yin, Zhaowei Wei, A. R. M. Towfiqul Islam, Qi Li, Shutao Chen
{"title":"Elevated CO2 concentrations increase carbon sinks in paddy fields: an in situ four-year field experiment","authors":"Zhurong Wu, Yuanyuan Wang, Chao Liu, Zhenghua Hu, Nan Yin, Zhaowei Wei, A. R. M. Towfiqul Islam, Qi Li, Shutao Chen","doi":"10.1007/s10705-023-10308-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-023-10308-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19336,"journal":{"name":"Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47421582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A soil carbon sequestration bible","authors":"Else K. Bünemann, Markus Steffens","doi":"10.1007/s10705-023-10314-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-023-10314-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19336,"journal":{"name":"Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135250242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}