Measurement of Nitrous Oxide Emissions on the Cultivation of Soybean by No-Tillage and Conventional-Tillage in Upland Soil
Gil-Ho Yoo, Deok-Hyun Kim, Jin Yoo, Jong-Ho Yang
1, Sang-Woo Kim
1, Ki-Do Park
2, Min-Tae Kim
2, Sun-Hee Woo
1, and Keun-Yook Chung*
Department of Environmental & Biological Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheong-ju 28644, Republic of Korea
1
Department of Crop Science, Chungbuk National University, Cheong-ju 28644, Republic of Korea
2
Department of Crop Environment, National Institute of Crop Science, RDA, Suwon 16616, Republic of Korea
(Received: September 15 2015, Revised: November 9 2015, Accepted: November 9 2015)
The impact of 1 pound of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) on warming the atmosphere is almost 310 times that of 1 pound of carbon dioxide. Agricultural soil management is the largest source of N 2 O emissions, accounting for about 73% of total N 2 O emissions. This study was conducted to evaluate the nitrous oxide emission in the cultivation of soybean during the first year of No-tillage (NT) and Conventional-tillage (CT) practices, under the various conditions such as different kinds of fertilizers, soil temperature, and moisture level. In the experiment, we set CT and NT treatments into 4 different groups - control treatments (no fertilization), green manure treatments, chemical fertilizer treatments and organic manure treatments. In the case of chemical fertilizer treatments, N 2 O emission of NT treatment was 7.78 to 22.59% lower than CT treatment. In organic manure treatment, N 2 O emission of NT treatment was 6.62% higher than CT treatment in August. But In July and September, N 2 O emission of NT treatment was 9.50% 28.38% lower than CT treatment, respectively. Soil temperature was correlated with N 2 O emission positively. In the future, continued long-term research on influence of various environmental factors on the generation of N 2 O and the economic value of no-till farming is required.
Key words: Greenhouse gas, Nitrous oxide emissions, No-tillage, Upland soil, Soybean
Integrated N
2O emissions by no tillage and conventional tillage practices in upland soil.
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