Nitrous oxide emissions from an irrigated sandy-clay loam cropped to maize and wheat |
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Authors: | T Mahmood R Ali K A Malik S R A Shamsi |
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Institution: | (1) Soil Biology Division, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, P. O. Box 128, Faisalabad, Pakistan Fax: +92-041-654213, PK;(2) National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, P. O. Box 577, Faisalabad, Pakistan, PK;(3) Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore, Pakistan, PK |
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Abstract: | Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions were measured from an irrigated sandy-clay loam cropped to maize and wheat, each receiving urea at 100 kg N ha–1. During the maize season (24 August–26 October), N2O emissions ranged between –0.94 and 1.53 g N ha–1 h–1 with peaks during different irrigation cycles (four) ranging between 0.08 and 1.53 g N ha–1 h–1. N2O sink activity during the maize season was recorded on 10 of the 29 sampling occasions and ranged between 0.18 and 0.94 g
N ha–1 h–1. N2O emissions during the wheat season (22 November–20 April) varied between –0.85 and 3.27 g N ha–1 h–1, whereas peaks during different irrigation cycles (six) were in the range of 0.05–3.27 g N ha–1 h–1. N2O sink activity was recorded on 14 of the 41 samplings during the wheat season and ranged between 0.01 and 0.87 g N ha–1 h–1. Total N2O emissions were 0.16 and 0.49 kg N ha–1, whereas the total N2O sink activity was 0.04 and 0.06 kg N ha–1 during the maize and wheat seasons, respectively. N2O emissions under maize were significantly correlated with denitrification rate and soil NO3
–-N but not with soil NH4
+-N or soil temperature. Under wheat, however, N2O emissions showed a strong correlation with soil NH4
+-N, soil NO3
–-N and soil temperature but not with the denitrification rate. Under either crop, N2O emissions did not show a significant relationship with water-filled pore space or soil respiration.
Received: 11 June 1997 |
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Keywords: | Irrigation Maize Nitrous oxide Urea Wheat |
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