Pedosphere 17(2): 146--155, 2007
ISSN 1002-0160/CN 32-1315/P
©2007 Soil Science Society of China
Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press
| Nitrous oxide and methane emissions as affected by water, soil and nitrogen |
XIONG Zheng-Qin1,2 , XING Guang-Xi1 and ZHU Zhao-Liang1 |
1 State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008 (China). E-mail: zhengqin@pdx.edu
2 Department of Physics, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon 97207 (USA) |
| ABSTRACT |
| Specific management of water regimes, soil and N in China might play an important role in regulating N2O and CH4 emissions in rice fields. Nitrous oxide and methane emissions from alternate non-flooded/flooded paddies were monitored simultaneously during a 516-day incubation with lysimeter experiments. Two N sources (15N-(NH4)2SO4 and 15N-labeled milk vetch) were applied to two contrasting paddies: one derived from Xiashu loess (Loess) and one from Quaternary red clay (Clay). Both N2O and CH4 emissions were significantly higher in soil Clay than in soil Loess during the flooded period. For both soil, N2O emissions peaked at the transition periods shortly after the beginning of the flooded and non-flooded seasons. Soil type affected N2O emission patterns. In soil Clay, the emission peak during the transition period from non-flooded to flooded conditions was much higher than the peak during the transition period from flooded to non-flooded conditions. In soil Loess, the emission peak during the transition period from flooded to non-flooded conditions was obviously higher than the peak during the transition period from non-flooded to flooded conditions except for milk vetch treatment. Soil type also had a significant effect on CH4 emissions during the flooded season, over which the weighted average flux was 111 mg C m-2 h-1 and 2.2 mg C m-2 h-1 from Clay and Loess, respectively. Results indicated that it was the transition in the water regime that dominated N2O emissions while it was the soil type that dominated CH4 emissions during the flooded season. Anaerobic oxidation of methane possibly existed in soil Loess during the flooded season. |
| Key Words: anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM), dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA), greenhouse gasses, lysimeter, paddy soil |
| Citation: Xiong, Z. Q., Xing, G. X. and Zhu, Z. L. 2007. Nitrous oxide and methane emissions as affected by water, soil and nitrogen. Pedosphere. 17(2): 146-155. |
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