Influence of nutrient solution pH on N2O and N2 emissions from a soilless culture system |
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Authors: | Daum Diemo Schenk Manfred K |
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Institution: | (1) Nestlé Germany, Agricultural and Ecological Service, St.-Notburga-Str. 3, D-84539 Ampfing, Germany;(2) Institute of Plant Nutrition, University of Hanover, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, D-30419 Hanover, Germany |
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Abstract: | The influence of nutrient solution pH on the emission of N2O and N2 was investigated during cultivation of cucumbers in a closed-loop rockwool system. Between pH 4 and 7 these gaseous nitrogen losses increased from 1.6 to 21.1% of the N fertilizer input. This was equivalent to average flux rates of 0.06 and 0.85 kg nitrogen per hectare greenhouse area and day, respectively. The N2O/N2 ratio was inversely related to the total gaseous nitrogen losses. At neutral pH dinitrogen was the main emission product, whereas more acidic conditions favoured the emission of nitrous oxide. The pH effects were probably not indirectly affected by root respiration or exudation as much as by a direct inhibition of the activity of denitrifying microorganisms due to high H+ concentrations since similar results were obtained in unplanted nutrient solution systems with the addition of glucose as carbon source. Despite the low microbial denitrification activity under acidic conditions, nitrogen balance deficits of up to one-fifth of the N input still occurred. It is suggested these losses were predominantly caused by chemodenitrification. |
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Keywords: | cucumber denitrification nitrous oxide pH soilless culture |
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