其他摘要 | Agricultural ecosystem is an important emitter of N 2 O, CH 4 and CO 2 , accounting
for 60%, 50% and 10% of the global N 2 O, CH 4 and CO 2 emissions, respectively. The
rainfed farmland area accounts for 80% of the global farmland area. In China, rainfed
farmland area account for more than 70% of total land area, mainly in the northern and
northwestern regions. The Loess Plateau of northwest China covers more than 600,000
km 2 , consists of typical semiarid and arid areas with rainfed farming, and provides
about 40% of the local food needs. Inherent soil fertility is low in the loess region and
nitrogen (N) levels in all soils are particularly low. Nitrogen fertilization and cropping
rotation are two important management measures to sustain soil productivity in the
rainfed farmland on the Loess Plateau. Since 1980s, chemical fertilizer addition has
been an important measure to improve soil fertility and crop yields in the loess region.
However, greenhouse gases (GHGs) emission under nitrogen fertilization and cropping
rotation is not yet clear in the rainfed area.
Two cropping systems of continuous spring maize and three-year rotation were
designed to investigate GHGs emission at the State Key Agro-Ecological Experimental
Station in the Loess Plateau (35°12′N, 107°40′E; 1220 m.a.s.l.) in Changwu County,
Shaanxi Province, China. For continuous spring maize cropping system, five treatments
consist of control (CK), conventional N fertilization rate (Con), optimal N fertilization
rate (Opt), optimal N fertilization rate plus nitrification inhibitor (Opt+DCD), and
optimal N fertilization rate with slow release urea (Opt+SR). For three-year rotation
system, i.e., winter wheat, millet, pea, to explore the changes in soil respiration and Q 10
values under each cropping phase. The results were summarized as follows: 1) The cumulative soil CO 2 emissions were 35% for 2013, 54% for 2014 greater
in N treatment than in CK treatment. Though nitrogen fertilization significantly
increased the cumulative soil CO 2 emissions (P<0.05), it did decrease evidently the
temperature sensitivity of soil respiration (P<0.05). The Q 10 values in N treatment were
decreased by 27% and 17% compared with CK treatment in 2013 and 2014,
respectively. Nitrogen fertilization increased significantly aboveground biomass and
root biomass (P<0.05). Root biomass in N treatment was 32% and 123% greater than
that in CK treatment of 2013 and 2014, respectively. Nitrogen fertilization had no
marked influence on soil temperature or moisture. Root biomass was critical biotical
factor for variation of soil respiration under nitrogen fertilization.
(2) Compared to Con, the Opt, Opt+DCD, and Opt+SR treatments resulted in a
significant decrease in annual cumulative N 2 O emission, net greenhouse gas (GWP)
emission, and net greenhouse gas intensity (GWPI). The greatest decrease of annual
N 2 O emissions (48%) occurred in Opt+DCD treatment, followed by Opt+SR (38%)
and Opt (28%). N fertilization and heavy rainfall event (>40 mm) were the main factors
controlling N 2 O emissions. The cumulative N 2 O emissions within 10 days after N
fertilization accounted for 26% of annual N 2 O emissions, and were positively
associated with mean soil NO 3 -N content (P<0.05). The cumulative N 2 O emissions
induced by heavy rainfall accounted for 6.4% of total annual N 2 O emissions in 2013
and 12.5% in 2014, respectively. The urea-derived annual mean N 2 O emission factor
ranged from 0.12%−0.55%. The soil acted as a small sink for atmospheric CH 4. There
was no significant difference in CH 4 uptake among the N fertilization practices.
Compared with Con treatment, GWP was decreased by 31.2%, 52.5% and 45.0% in
Opt, Opt+DCD, Opt+SR treatments in 2013, and by 32.8%, 60.5% and 43.0 in 2014
(P<0.05); and GWPI was decreased by 32.1%, 48.7% and 43.6% in 2013, and 25.4%,
58.7% and 39.7% in 2014, respectively. In conclusion, nitrification inhibitor was the
most effective fertilization practice in the rainfed regions of Loess Plateau.
(3) The three optimized N treatments, which saved 20% of N fertilization against
the current conventional agricultural N fertilization rate, did not significantly decrease
grain yields. The grain ranged from 9.61 to 10.46 Mg ha −1 in 2013 and from 11.41 to
12.23 Mg ha −1 in 2014 in the four nitrogen treatments. Residuals of nitrate nitrogen at the depth of 0−100 cm and 100−200 cm of five treatments ranged from 33.5 to 148.9
mg kg -1 and 24.8 to 92.8 mg kg -1 , respectively. The highest accumulation of nitrate
nitrogen in profile (0−200 cm) was in the Con treatment (225.9 mg kg −1 ), followed by
47.2%、48.5% and 45.5% of decrease in the Opt, Opt+DCD and Opt+SR treatments
compared to that in the Con treatment, respectively. The residuals of nitrate nitrogen
among Opt, Opt+DCD and Opt+SR treatments had no significant difference. The three
optimized N managements significantly increased the agronomic efficiency of
appliedN and partial factor productivity from applied N compared to Con.
(4) The soil respiration rate was significantly lower in the winter wheat phase (1.63
μmol m −2 s −1 ) than the millet phase (2.40 μmol m −2 s −1 ) and pea phase (2.21 μmol
m −2 s −1 ) from July 2010 to June 2013. However, the Q 10 value was significantly higher
in the wheat phase (2.76) than in the millet phase (1.85) and pea phase (1.47). The
relationship between the Q 10 values and soil temperature followed an exponential
decay function in the rotation system, and the Q 10 value remained stable (1.8) with no
obvious variation when the temperature exceeded 15 °C. The Q 10 value tended to
increase with the increasing soil moisture and declined until the soil moisture reached
a threshold of 14.7%. Our results indicated that under the condition of global warming,
temperature-respiration empirical models should be parameterized according to crop
types in the rotation phases, especially when estimating soil respiration of cold-
resistant crops.
Keywords: Loess Plateau; nitrogen fertilization; rotation; CO 2 ; N 2 O; Q 10 |
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