Soil N 2 O and CH 4 emissions from fodder maize production with and without riparian buffer strips of differing vegetation.

Autor: Dlamini JC; Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, University of the Free State, 9300 Bloemfontein, South Africa.; Sustainable Agriculture Sciences, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2SB UK.; Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028 South Africa., Cardenas LM; Sustainable Agriculture Sciences, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2SB UK., Tesfamariam EH; Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028 South Africa., Dunn RM; Sustainable Agriculture Sciences, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2SB UK., Evans J; Computational and Analytical Sciences, Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ UK., Hawkins JMB; Sustainable Agriculture Sciences, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2SB UK., Blackwell MSA; Sustainable Agriculture Sciences, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2SB UK., Collins AL; Sustainable Agriculture Sciences, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2SB UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Plant and soil [Plant Soil] 2022; Vol. 477 (1-2), pp. 297-318. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 11.
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-022-05426-0
Abstrakt: Purpose: Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) and methane (CH 4 ) are some of the most important greenhouse gases in the atmosphere of the 21st century. Vegetated riparian buffers are primarily implemented for their water quality functions in agroecosystems. Their location in agricultural landscapes allows them to intercept and process pollutants from adjacent agricultural land. They recycle organic matter, which increases soil carbon (C), intercept nitrogen (N)-rich runoff from adjacent croplands, and are seasonally anoxic. Thus processes producing environmentally harmful gases including N 2 O and CH 4 are promoted. Against this context, the study quantified atmospheric losses between a cropland and vegetated riparian buffers that serve it.
Methods: Environmental variables and simultaneous N 2 O and CH 4 emissions were measured for a 6-month period in a replicated plot-scale facility comprising maize ( Zea mays L.). A static chamber was used to measure gas emissions. The cropping was served by three vegetated riparian buffers, namely: (i) grass riparian buffer; (ii) willow riparian buffer and; (iii) woodland riparian buffer, which were compared with a no-buffer control.
Results: The no-buffer control generated the largest cumulative N 2 O emissions of 18.9 kg ha - 1 (95% confidence interval: 0.5-63.6) whilst the maize crop upslope generated the largest cumulative CH 4 emissions (5.1 ± 0.88 kg ha - 1 ). Soil N 2 O and CH 4 -based global warming potential (GWP) were lower in the willow (1223.5 ± 362.0 and 134.7 ± 74.0 kg CO 2 -eq. ha - 1 year - 1 , respectively) and woodland (1771.3 ± 800.5 and 3.4 ± 35.9 kg CO 2 -eq. ha - 1 year - 1 , respectively) riparian buffers.
Conclusions: Our results suggest that in maize production and where no riparian buffer vegetation is introduced for water quality purposes (no buffer control), atmospheric CH 4 and N 2 O concerns may result.
Competing Interests: Conflicts of interest/Competing interestsAuthors declared no conflicts of interest.
(© The Author(s) 2022.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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