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71.
Terrestrial net primary productivity in India during 1901-2010: contributions from multiple environmental changes
Authors
:
Banger,Kamaljit
Tian,Hanqin
Tao,Bo
Ren,Wei
Pan,Shufen
Dangal,Shree
Yang,Jia
Source:
Climatic Change
Volume:
132
Issue:
4
Year:
2015
Summary:
India is very important but relatively unexplored region in terms of carbon studies, where significant environmental changes have occurred in the 20th century that can alter terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP). Here, we used a process-based, Dynamic Land Ecosystem Model (DLEM), driven by land cover and land use change (LCLUC), climate change, elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration, atmospheric nitrogen deposition (NDEP), and tropospheric ozone (O-3) pollution to estimate terrestrial NPP in India during 1901-2010. Over the country, terrestrial NPP showed significant inter-annual variations ranging 1.2 Pg C year(-1) to 1.7 Pg C year(-1) during the 1901-2010. Overall, multiple environmental changes have increased terrestrial NPP by 0.23 Pg C year(-1). Elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration has increased NPP by 0.29 Pg C; however climate change has offset a portion of terrestrial NPP (0.11 Pg C) during this study period. On an average, terrestrial NPP reduced by 0.12 Pg C year(-1) in drought years; when precipitation was 100 mm year(-1) lower than long term average, suggesting that terrestrial carbon cycle in India is strongly linked to climate change. LCLUC, including land conversions and cropland management practices, increased terrestrial NPP by 0.043 Pg C year(-1) over the country. Tropospheric O-3 pollution reduced terrestrial NPP by 0.06 Pg C year(-1) and the decrease was comparatively higher in croplands than other biomes after the 1980s. Our results have shown that climate change and tropospheric O-3 pollution may partially offset terrestrial NPP increase caused by elevated CO2 concentration, LCLUC, and NDEP over India.
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LIFE+IPNOA mobile prototype for the monitoring of soil N2O emissions from arable crops: First-year results on durum wheat
Authors
:
Bosco,S.
Volpi,I.
o Di Nasso,N. N.
Triana,F.
Roncucci,N.
Tozzini,C.
Villani,R.
Laville,P.
Neri,S.
Mattei,F.
Virgili,G.
Nuvoli,S.
Fabbrini,L.
Bonari,E.
Source:
Italian Journal of Agronomy
Volume:
10
Issue:
3
Year:
2015
Summary:
Agricultural activities are co-responsible for the emission of the most important greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). Development of methodologies to improve monitoring techniques for N2O are still needful. The LIFE+IPNOA project aims to improve the emissions monitoring of nitrous oxide from agricultural soils and to identify the agricultural practices that can limit N2O production. In order to achieve this objective, both a mobile and a stationary instrument were developed and validated. Several experimental field trials were set up in two different sites investigating the most representative crops of Tuscany (Central Italy), namely durum wheat, maize, sunflower, tomato and faba bean. The field trials were realized in order to test the effect on N2O emissions of key factors: tillage intensity, nitrogen fertiliser rate and irrigation. The field trial on durum wheat was set up in 2013 to test the effect of tillage intensity (minimum and conventional tillage) and nitrogen fertilisation rate (0, 110, 170 kg N ha-1) on soil N2O flux. Monitoring was carried out using the IPNOA mobile prototype. Preliminary results on N2O emissions for the durum wheat growing season showed that mean daily N2O fluxes ranged from –0.13 to 6.43 mg m-2 day-1 and cumulative N2O-N emissions over the period ranged from 827 to 2340 g N2O-N ha-1. Tillage did not affect N2O flux while increasing nitrogen fertilisation rate resulted to significantly increase N2O emissions. The IPNOA mobile prototype performed well during this first year of monitoring, allowing to catch both very low fluxes and peaks on N2O emissions after nitrogen supply, showing a good suitability to the field conditions. © S. Bosco et al., 2015 Licensee PAGEPress, Italy.
73.
Nitrogen mineralization and phosphorus release from composts and soil conditioners found in the southeastern United States
Authors
:
Franklin,D.
Bender-Özenç,D.
Özenç,N.
Cabrera,M.
Source:
Soil Science Society of America Journal
Volume:
79
Issue:
5
Year:
2015
Summary:
composts and soil conditioners may be useful soil amendments to provide organic matter as well as nutrients such as n and P, but net n mineralized and P released can vary greatly among materials. consequently, it is important to identify the material characteristics that control these processes. Furthermore, the magnitude of these processes may be affected by particle size. we conducted two laboratory studies at 30°c to: (i) identify variables that can be used to estimate n mineralized and Mehlich-1 P released from 14 composts and soil conditioners; and (ii) evaluate net n mineralized from three size fractions (<1.0 mm, 1.0-2.0, and 2.0-4.0 mm) of five different composts. organic n content and c/n ratio explained 83% of the variability in the amount of net n mineralized or immobilized per unit of material from the 14 composts or conditioners in 214 d. similarly, organic n content and total P content explained 99% of the variability in the amount of Mehlich-1 P released per unit of material. in the study with size fractions, we found that larger size fractions (1-4 mm) mineralized more n (4% of applied n) than the 0-to 1-mm size fraction (0.5%). these results indicate that sieving composts to obtain specific size fractions may affect the rate of n mineralization. © Soil Science Society of America, 5585 Guilford Rd., Madison WI 53711 USA. All Rights reserved.
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The trend of soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, and wheat and maize productivity under different long-term fertilizations in the upland fluvo-aquic soil of North China
Authors
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Gao,Wei
Yang,Jun
Ren,Shun-rong
Liu Hailong
Source:
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
Volume:
103
Issue:
1
Year:
2015
Summary:
Evaluating the effects of management practices on the soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN) and grain yields would be valuable to explain field-level variability in crop production. A 33-year field experiment on the fluvo-aquic soil of North China with six treatments in a wheat (Triticum aestivium L.)-maize (Zea mays L.) rotation was evaluated. The six treatments were: non-fertilization (CK), nitrogen (N), nitrogen-phosphorus fertilization (NP), nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium fertilization (NPK), manure and nitrogen fertilization (NM), and straw returned with nitrogen fertilizers (NS). The results showed that the content of SOC and TN significantly increased in NM treatment. Application of inorganic fertilizers had small influence on SOC, but SOC and TN increased significantly in NM treatment over the long-term experiment. Compared to control, grain yield of wheat and maize increased two times under all treatments. The highest grain yield was detected in NM and NPK treatments. However, wheat yield was not significantly different (P > 0.05) between control and N treatment. Grain yields were more than doubled under fertilization for both wheat and maize, with the highest yield under the NM and NPK treatments and the lowest under CK treatment for maize and N treatment for wheat. The NP fertilization had little effect on maize yield in long-term, suggesting that potassium was not the primary limiting nutrients in the study site. Statistical analysis indicated that maize yield was significantly correlated with SOC and TN, and wheat yield was significantly correlated with SOC only. However, the relationships were stronger with TN (r = 0.26-0.42) than SOC (r = 0.12-0.37), indicating the importance of maintaining TN in agricultural soils. There was a strong positive linear correlation between carbon sequestered and carbon input (r = 0.828, P < 0.01) in the study site, indicating that the conversion rate of carbon input to SOC was 8.5 %. SOC did not reach the saturation in fluvo-aquic soil and have the potential to sequester more carbon.
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Nitrification responses of soil ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria to ammonium concentrations
Authors
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Giguere,A. T.
Taylor,A. E.
Myrold,D. D.
Bottomley,P. J.
Source:
Soil Science Society of America Journal
Volume:
79
Issue:
5
Year:
2015
Summary:
Although ammonia-oxidizing archaea (aoa) and bacteria (aoB) coexist in most non-acidic agricultural soils, the factors that influence their relative contributions to soil nitrification activity remain unclear. a 2-to 4-d whole soil microcosm assay was developed, utilizing the aliphatic c8 alkyne 1-octyne to inactivate aoB-driven nitrification activity without impacting aoa nitrification activity. responses of aoa-and aoB-supported net nitrifi-cation activities (accumulation of no2-+ no3-) to different concentrations of extractable nH4 + were examined in four diverse, paired cropped and non-cropped Oregon soils sampled in summer and winter. Maximum aoasupported net nitrification rates were significantly higher in non-cropped (3.7 mg n kg-1 soil d-1) than in cropped soils (0.9 mg n kg-1 soil d-1) and in summer (3.1 mg n kg-1 soil d-1) compared with winter soils (1.6 mg n kg-1 soil d-1). the nH4 + concentration required to significantly stimulate aoB nitrification activity was significantly higher in cropped soils (67 mg n kg-1 soil) than in non-cropped soils (12 mg n kg-1 soil). Maximum aoB activity was significantly higher in cropped (8.6 mg n kg-1 soil d-1) than in non-cropped soils (2.9 mg n kg-1 soil d-1) and in summer (7.8 mg n kg-1 soil d-1) compared with winter soils (3.8 mg n kg-1 soil d-1). this study revealed that aoa-and aoB-supported nitrification rates in cropped and non-cropped soils respond differently to season and nH4 + concentration and raises the possibility that aoa and aoB nitrification activities might be differentially managed to improve n use efficiency. © Soil Science Society of America, 5585 Guilford Rd., Madison WI 53711 USA. All Rights reserved.
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Accounting for soil carbon changes in agricultural life cycle assessment (LCA): a review
Authors
:
Goglio,Pietro
Smith,Ward N.
Grant,Brian B.
Desjardins,Raymond L.
McConkey,Brian G.
Campbell,Con A.
Nemecek,Thomas
Source:
Journal of Cleaner Production
Volume:
104
Year:
2015
Summary:
Soil carbon sequestration, a climate change mitigation option for agriculture, can either increase or decrease as a result of land management change (LMC) and land use change (LUC). To estimate all greenhouse gas (GHG) exchanges associated with various agricultural systems, life cycle assessments (LCAs) are frequently undertaken. To date LCA practitioners have not had a well-defined procedure to account for soil C in their assessments and as a consequence it is often not included. In this study, various methods used to estimate soil C changes due to (i) LMC and (ii) LUC are examined to assess soil C accounting methodologies in the life cycle inventory (LCI) of agricultural LCAs. A compromise between accuracy and completeness in LCA methods is necessary. A ranking of the preference of soil C accounting methods is suggested based on user expertise and data quality. For large scale assessment, the timing of soil CO2 emissions should be taken into account. If indirect LUC is relevant, a sensitivity analysis of assessment methods should be conducted because the methods highly affect assessment results. A common soil C accounting method that can be easily applied in agricultural LCA needs to be established and an agreement on indirect LUC methods will facilitate the assessment of LMC and LUC within agricultural LCAs. Crown Copyright (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Soil organic carbon loss from carbon dioxide and methane emissions, as well as runoff and leaching on a hillslope of Regosol soil in a wheat-maize rotation
Authors
:
Hua,Keke
Zhu,Bo
Wang,Xiaoguo
Source:
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
Volume:
103
Issue:
1
Year:
2015
Summary:
Soil carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) emissions, as well as runoff and leaching are major pathways of soil organic carbon (SOC) loss, which affect SOC sequestration in croplands. However, fluxes and relationships of the four pathways are still poorly understood. Static chamber-GC techniques were used to measure soil heterotrophic respiration rate and CH4 emission flux on hillslope upland of Regosol soil in Southwest China under traditional mineral fertilizer treatment from 2010 to 2012. Synchronously, SOC loss flux via overland flow, leaching and sediment was measured using free-drained lysimeters (8 m x 4 m). Average annual cumulative soil CO2 emission and CH4 uptake fluxes were 462.8 +/- A 52.2 and -1.1 +/- A 0.16 g cm(-2). Average annual cumulative dissolved organic carbon (DOC) loss fluxes via overland flow and leaching were 0.16 +/- A 0.03 and 0.92 +/- A 0.08 g cm(-2), respectively and organic C loss via sediment was 2.2 +/- A 0.3 g cm(-2). Relationship between DOC loss fluxes and soil heterotrophic respiration rates under natural rainfall events could be described by a significant exponential decay function (R = -0.63, P < 0.01). Moreover, a significantly negative correlation was also found between DOC loss flux and soil DOC content in topsoil at 15 cm depth (R = -0.75, P < 0.05). In conclusion, DOC loss decreases soil DOC content and is an underrated negative regulating factor of soil CO2 emission, especially in the regions where high DOC losses occur.
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Introduction of various cover crop species to improve soil biological P parameters and P uptake of the following crops
Authors
:
Karasawa,Toshihiko
Takahashi,Shigeru
Source:
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
Volume:
103
Issue:
1
Year:
2015
Summary:
Field experiments were conducted to clarify whether the introduction of several cover crop species increases P uptake of the following wheat and soybean. Four summer cover crops (sorghum, buckwheat, groundnut and crotalaria) and four winter cover crops (oat, rye, vetch and lupin) were tested. Growth and P uptake of succeeding wheat were significantly increased by P fertilizer application and tended to be increased by sorghum, groundnut or crotalaria incorporation, whereas buckwheat did not show positive effects. Growth and P uptake of succeeding soybean were significantly increased by oat or vetch incorporation and tended to be increased by P fertilizer or other cover crop incorporation. These positive effects of cover crops were attributed to the large amount of P incorporation, increase in the P-solubilizing fungal population and/or biomass P in soil. Sorghum, oat, rye and vetch were thought to be suitable cover crops to accelerate P uptake of the following crops since a large amount of P would be incorporated. Sorghum, groundnut and lupin were thought to be suitable cover crops because they increased the indigenous P-solubilizing fungal population in soil. Soil biomass P correlated with P uptake of wheat. Incorporation of suitable cover crops as a P source and activation of indigenous soil microorganisms by the carbon supply were thought to have accelerated P uptake of the following wheat and soybean. It is therefore thought that introduction of suitable cover crops could be an effective means to reduce P fertilizer application for the following crops.
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Central Russia agroecosystem monitoring with CO 2 fluxes analysis by eddy covariance method.
Authors
:
Meshalkina,J.
Yaroslavtsev,A.
Mazirov,I.
Samardzic,M.
Valentini,R.
Vasenev,I.
Source:
Eurasian Journal of Soil Science
Volume:
4
Issue:
3
Year:
2015
Summary:
The eddy covariance (EC) technique as a powerful statistics-based method of measurement and calculation the vertical turbulent fluxes of greenhouses gases within atmospheric boundary layers provides the continuous, long-term flux information integrated at the ecosystem scale. An attractive way to compare the agricultural practices influences on GHG fluxes is to divide a crop area into subplots managed in different ways. The research has been carried out in the Precision Farming Experimental Field of the Russian Timiryazev State Agricultural University (RTSAU, Moscow) in 2013 under the support of RF Government grant # 11.G34.31.0079, EU grant # 603542 LUC4C (7FP) and RF Ministry of education and science grant # 14-120-14-4266-ScSh. Arable Umbric Albeluvisols have around 1% of SOC, 5.4 pH (KCl) and NPK medium-enhanced contents in sandy loam topsoil. The CO 2 flux seasonal monitoring has been done by two eddy covariance stations located at the distance of 108 m. The LI-COR instrumental equipment was the same for the both stations. The stations differ only by current crop version: barley or vetch and oats. At both sites, diurnal patterns of NEE among different months were very similar in shape but varied slightly in amplitude. NEE values were about zero during spring time. CO 2 fluxes have been intensified after crop emerging from values of 3 to 7 mol/s.m 2 for emission, and from 5 to 20 mol/s.m 2 for sink. Stabilization of the fluxes has come at achieving plants height of 10-12 cm. Average NEE was negative only in June and July. Maximum uptake was observed in June with average values about 8 mol CO 2 m -2 s -1. Although different kind of crops were planted on the fields A and B, GPP dynamics was quite similar for both sites: after reaching the peak values at the mid of June, GPP decreased from 4 to 0.5 g C CO 2 m -2 d -1 at the end of July. The difference in crops harvesting time that was equal two weeks did not significantly influence the daily GPP patterns. Cumulative assimilation of CO 2 at the end of the growing season was about 150 g C m -2 for both sites. So the difference in NEE was the consequence of essentially higher respiration rates in case of vetch and oats (about 350 g C m -2) comparing to barley (250 g C m -2) that needs additional research. The results have shown high daily and seasonal dynamic of CO 2 emission too as a result of different and contrasted conditions: crop type, crop development stage, soil moisture and air temperature. Obtained unique for Russian agriculture data are useful for land-use practices environmental assessment, for soil organic carbon dynamics analysis and agroecological evaluation.
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Land use and management change under climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies: a U.S. case study
Authors
:
Mu,J. E.
Wein,A. M.
McCarl,B. A.
Source:
Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
Volume:
20
Issue:
7
Year:
2015
Summary:
We examine the effects of crop management adaptation and climate mitigation strategies on land use and land management, plus on related environmental and economic outcomes. We find that crop management adaptation (e.g. crop mix, new species) increases Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 1.7 % under a more severe climate projection while a carbon price reduces total forest and agriculture GHG annual flux by 15 % and 9 %, respectively. This shows that trade-offs are likely between mitigation and adaptation. Climate change coupled with crop management adaptation has small and mostly negative effects on welfare; mitigation, which is implemented as a carbon price starting at $15 per metric ton carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent with a 5 % annual increase rate, bolsters welfare carbon payments. When both crop management adaptation and carbon price are implemented the effects of the latter dominates. © 2013, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.