The fate of spring applied fertilizer N during the autumn-winter period: comparison between winter-fallow and green manure cropped soil

A field experiment was carried out at a pilot plot that was cropped with oilseed rape, and then left partly fallow and partly cropped with a green manure (mustard) during the autumn after harvest of the oilseed rape. The rape residues were incorporated in the soil. Methods used to quantify the N fluxes from harvest until sowing of the next crop were (1) ¹⁵N balance method, (2) total mineral N analysis and (3) NO emission measurements. Losses of spring applied fertilizer N were negligible in cropped plots and minimal in fallow plots during the following autumn-winter period. Most of the plant-N residues was retained by the organic N pool of the upper 30-cm soil layer. The green manure contributed slightly to soil available N at sowing of the next crop. However, the incorporation of plant material resulted in a nitrate flux that was at risk of leaching on the fallow plots, and on the green manure plots after incorporation of the green manure. This nitrate was largely derived from soil organic N, not from unused fertilizer applied in spring or from immobilized fertilizer. The NO emissions from the green manure plots were significantly higher than emissions from the fallow plots. The plants had a stimulating effect on the NO emission. A relationship between the NO emission and the soil nitrate concentration could not be established. No emissions were measured after green manure incorporation due to the low temperatures at the pilot plot. However, a greenhouse experiment showed an increased emission after incorporation. The NO emissions seemed to be related with the soil ammonium concentration.     

基于GIS技术的1991-2000年中国农田化肥氮源一氧化二氮直接排放量估计

依据政府间气候变化专门委员会(IPCC)对农田N₂O排放因子的定义,将气候和种植制度等N₂O排放的主控因素引入到估算方法中,结合GIS技术估计了中国农田化肥氮导致的N₂O直接排放量的空间分布和年际变异.结果表明,在1991—2000年间由于化肥投入量的增加,中国农田化学氮源N₂O排放呈上升趋势.20世纪90年代的平均年排放量为204 Gg N₂O-N,变幅为159～269 Gg N₂O-N,排放量最高的年份出现在1998年,而1992年排放量为最低.估算结果的不确定性约为23％.受施氮量和降水的影响,N₂O排放通量表现出明显的地区差异,东部较高,西北偏低.     

长期施肥对华北典型潮土N分配和N2O排放的影响

利用长期定位肥料试验研究化学肥料N、有机肥料N以及化学肥料N和有机肥料N混合施用对N分配和N2O排放影响。处理包括化学肥料N、P、K的不同组合NPK、NP、NK、PK、全部施用有机肥料N（OM）、一半化学肥料N＋一半有机肥料N（1／2OM）及不施肥（CK）7个处理。结果表明,等N条件下,处理间N2O排放的差异不显著,N2O排放主要发生在玉米生长期。均衡提供N、P和K显著提高土壤N储量,有机肥料N的效果显著高于化学N肥。施肥也影响N的利用效率和N在作物中的分配。均衡的养分供应有利于N在子粒中积累,而养分缺乏的处理,秸秆中N含量相对较高。进入环境的N量以NK最多,1／20M最少。总体而言,施P肥和有机肥可减少N2O的间接排放,提高土壤N素肥力并能获得较高的产量。     

有机无机肥配施对旱地冬小麦产量和硝态氮残留淋失的影响

针对渭北旱塬氮肥施用不合理的问题,通过不同氮肥用量(0、75、150、225、300 kg N·hm^-2)与有机肥(30 t·hm^-2)配施,明确渭北旱塬麦田配施有机肥条件下合理的氮肥用量以及配施有机肥的减氮增产作用和对硝态氮残留淋失的影响.结果表明: 与单施化肥处理相比,有机无机肥配施可以在减少27.1%的氮肥用量情况下,提高14.7%的小麦籽粒产量,其中,施氮量150 kg·hm^-2配施有机肥处理的产量最高;有机无机肥配施可以促进小麦籽粒氮素吸收,氮肥利用率提高20.2%,尤其当氮肥用量为150 kg·hm^-2时,氮肥利用率达到最高值(42.0%);配施有机肥还能减少氮肥当季残留量和小麦生育期硝态氮向深层土壤淋溶,降低夏闲期淋失层硝态氮的淋失比例,当施氮量低于115 kg·hm^-2时,配施有机肥可以降低夏闲期硝态氮淋失量.基于本研究,推荐渭北旱塬在配施有机肥30 t·hm^-2的基础上,氮肥用量150 kg·hm^-2左右可实现小麦高产,提高氮肥利用率,防止氮肥过量残留.     

Screening legume green manures as nitrogen sources to succeeding non-legume crops

A buried bag incubation technique was proposed to monitor N release from soil and decomposing green manure. The technique would facilitate not only the screening of legumes as sources of N but also measurement of the N supplying capacity of soils. Several tropical legumes were incorporated into field plots followed either by maize (Zea mays L.) or by bare fallow. Soil samples from the plow layer containing the incorporated green manure were placed in low density polyethylene bags and buried within the plow layer under the maize crop for in situ incubation. Periodic withdrawal of the bags was accompanied by fallow soil profile sampling. Above ground N accumulation by maize was equally well correlated to N release measured by either method although the bag technique required much less labor. Supplemental experiments suggested that N accumulation in the bags was reduced due to inadequate O₂ diffusion but only when O₂ demand was high and soil water potential was high. The results show that in situ bag incubation alone or together with fallow soil sampling can be used to estimate the N supplying potential of soil and leguminous residues.     

成都平原水稻-油菜轮作系统氧化亚氮排放

2005年6月—2006年6月利用静态箱/气相色谱法对成都平原水稻 油菜轮作系统氧化亚氮（N₂O）排放进行定位观测, 研究了该系统N₂O排放特征及土壤水热状况、氮肥施用、作物参与对N₂O排放的影响. 结果表明: 成都平原水稻-油菜轮作系统N₂O排放总量为（8.3±2.8）kg·hm^-2·a^-1, 水稻季、油菜季和休闲期对整个轮作周期N₂O排放总量的贡献分别为30%、65%和5%. 水稻季N₂O平均排放速率表现为排灌交替期最大, 持续淹水期和排水晒田期相当;氮肥施用是N₂O排放高峰出现的主要驱动力;土壤表层含水量偏低是旱季出现土壤N₂O吸收现象的主要原因. 土壤水分、土壤温度、施用氮肥和作物参与均在不同程度上影响N₂O排放, 土壤水分是影响N₂O排放的关键因子, 避免水稻季土壤频繁干湿交替或控制旱季土壤水分(表层土壤含水孔隙率介于50%～70%)可有效抑制N₂O排放.     

南京市郊区集约化大棚蔬菜地N2O的排放

采用静态暗箱-气相色谱法,研究了南京市郊区集约化生产管理下,芹菜-空心菜-小白菜-苋菜轮作菜地与休闲裸地的N2O排放通量的动态变化,及其与土壤温度、湿度以及NO3--N和NH4+-N含量的关系.结果表明:轮作菜地的N2O累积排放量达137.2kg N·hm-2,显著大于休闲裸地(29.2 kgN-hm-2);轮作菜地生态系统N2O-N的排放系数高达4.6％.4种蔬菜地中,空心菜地对轮作菜地的周年累积排放量贡献最大,为53.5％,小白菜地次之,为31.9％,芹菜地和苋菜地最小,分别为4.5％和4.8％.轮作菜地的N2O排放通量与土壤温度呈显著正相关,Q10为2.80;土壤湿度以及NO3--N和NH4+-N含量与轮作菜地的N2O排放通量之间的相关性不显著.     

Surface N balances and reactive N loss to the environment from global intensive agricultural production systems for the period 1970-2030

Data for the historical years 1970 and 1995 and the FAO-Agriculture Towards 2030 projection are used to calculate N inputs (N fertilizer, animal manure, biological N fixation and atmospheric deposition) and the N export from the field in harvested crops and grass and grass consumption by grazing animals. In most industrialized countries we see a gradual increase of the overall N recovery of the intensive agricultural production systems over the whole 1970-2030 period. In contrast, low N input systems in many developing countries sustained low crop yields for many years but at the cost of soil fertility by depleting soil nutrient pools. In most developing countries the N recovery will increase in the coming decades by increasing efficiencies of N use in both crop and livestock production systems. The surface balance surplus of N is lost from the agricultural system via different pathways, including NH3 volatilization, denitrification,N2O and NO emissions, and nitrate leaching from the root zone. Global NH3-N emissions from fertilizer and animal manure application and stored manure increased from 18 to 34 Tg.yr-1 between 1970 and 1995, and will further increase to 44 Tg.yr-1 in 2030. Similar developments are seen for N2O-N (2.0 Tg.yr-1 in 1970, 2.7 Tg.yr-1 in 1995 and 3.5 Tg.yr-1 in 2030) and NO-N emissions (1.1 Tg.yr-1 in 1970, 1.5 Tg-yr-1 in 1995 and 2.0 Tg.yr-1 in 2030).     

Phosphorus availability to rice (Oriza sativa L.)-wheat (Triticum estivum L.) in a Vertisol after eight years of inorganic and organic fertilizer additions

Integrated use of inorganic fertilizer N and well decomposed cattle manure (CM) or 30-35 days old Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.), a weed grown off site as green manure (GM) under repeated applications of fertilizer P and urea N for eight years in a rice (Oriza sativa L.)-wheat (Triticum estivum L.) sequence was studied on transformation of fertilizer P applied to soil at the National Research Center for Weed Science, Jabalpur, India. Based on the results, it appeared that, repeated applications of 52 kg super-phosphate P resulted in a marked increase in Olsen P linearly with time. Conjunctive use of urea fertilizer N with organic manure resulted in a larger increase in Olsen P in the Vertisol. Studies further revealed that the greater accumulation of fertilizer P applied in excess to crop removal occurred in inorganic P in the plots receiving only fertilizer N. However, plots receiving fertilizer N along with organic manures led to P accumulation predominantly in organic forms. The study suggests that these two pools of P acted as a sink when fertilizer P was applied in excess to crop removal and are bio-chemically active. The Olsen P status after 8 cycles of rice-wheat crops revealed that the average amount of fertilizer P required after adjusting for crop uptake to increase Olsen P by 1 mg kg(-1) soil was 7.2 kg Pha(-1) in the plots receiving only fertilizer N. Whereas, application of 5t FYM or 6t GM reduced it to 4.6 kg Pha(-1). The plots receiving manure always maintained a greater concentration of Olsen P. The application of CM or GM with fertilizer N enriched short-term inorganic P as well as long-term organic P fertility. After eight years, larger concentrations of organic P in the subsurface layer (16-30 cm), compared to initial values, indicates downward movement of P in organic forms.     

The dynamics of nitrous oxide emission from the use of mineral fertilizers in Russia

The intensity of nitrous oxide (N2O) emission was considered based on literature data on the single input of mineral N (nitrogen) fertilizers into different agricultural soil types in Russia. Ambient environmental factors exert a combined effect on the process of gaseous nitrogen formation from fertilizers applied. To reduce the uncertainty of estimates as much as possible, only experimental results obtained under conditions similar to natural were selected for the assessments. Mineral nitric fertilizers were applied to soil at a rate of 40 to 75 kg/ha and the N2O emissions were measured for approximately 140 days. Daily average emission values varied from 0.08 to 0.45% of fertilizer nitrogen. Correspondingly, 1.26 and 2.38% of fertilizer nitrogen were emitted as N2O from chernozems and soddy podzols. In 1990, the use of fertilizers in Russian agricultural practices for 53 Gg N2O-N, which equates to approximately 6.1% of global nitrous oxide emissions from nitric fertilizers. Later, the emission dropped because of a decrease in the input of nitric fertilizers to agricultural crops, and in 1998, it constituted just 20.5% of the 1990 level. In the period from 2008 to 2012, the nitrous oxide emission is expected to vary from 0.5 to 65.0 Gg N2O-N due to possible changes in national agricultural development. In the most likely scenario, the use of mineral fertilizers in Russia will account for approximately 34 to 40 Gg N2O-N emissions annually from 2008-2012.     

Effects of long-continued treatment on the mineral nitrogen content and mineralisable nitrogen of soil from selected plots of the Broadbalk experiment on continuous wheat,Rothamsted

Summary The changes in the ammonium-N and nitrate-N contents of bare fallow and soil under the first and third crops of winter wheat after fallow were followed on plots of Broadbalk Field, Rothamsted, which have received for each crop 14 tons farmyard manure (FYM) per acre, complete minerals (P, K, Na, Mg), or complete minerals + nitrogen fertilizers.More mineral N was produced during fallow on the plot receiving FYM than on the other plots. Soil under wheat also contained more mineral N on the FYM plots than elsewhere. Nitrogen fertilizers applied in the spring temporarily increased the mineral-N content of the soil, but were rapidly removed by the crop. Ammonium sulphate applied in the autumn was lost from the surface soil by the following March through nitrification and leaching.Twice as much mineral-N was produced when soil from the FYM plot was incubated as when soils from other plots were similarly treated. Nitrate formed during fallow was leached into the subsoil during the autumn and winter, and recovered by the wheat during the following spring and summer. Its existence is not detected by sampling the surface soil, nor by an incubation test. This source of nitrogen complicates the use of laboratory measurements to assess the fertilizer nitrogen required by winter wheat. Since the crop removed mineral N from the surface soil by March, estimation of the amount then present was also of no value for making fertilizer recommendations.     

南京市郊区集约化大棚蔬菜地N2O的排放

采用静态暗箱-气相色谱法,研究了南京市郊区集约化生产管理下,芹菜-空心菜-小白菜-苋菜轮作菜地与休闲裸地的N2O排放通量的动态变化,及其与土壤温度、湿度以及NO3--N和NH4+-N含量的关系.结果表明： 轮作菜地的N2O累积排放量达1372 kg N·hm-2,显著大于休闲裸地(29.2 kg N·hm-2);轮作菜地生态系统N2O-N的排放系数高达46%.4种蔬菜地中,空心菜地对轮作菜地的周年累积排放量贡献最大,为53.5%,小白菜地次之,为31.9%,芹菜地和苋菜地最小,分别为4.5%和4.8%.轮作菜地的N2O排放通量与土壤温度呈显著正相关,Q10为2.80;土壤湿度以及NO3--N和NH4+-N含量与轮作菜地的N2O排放通量之间的相关性不显著.     

Nitrogen input quality changes the biochemical composition of soil organic matter stabilized in the fine fraction: a long-term study

The chemical composition of soil organic matter (SOM) is a key determinant of its biological stability. Our objective in this study was to evaluate the effects of various sources of supplemental N on the chemical composition of SOM in the fine (<5 μm) mineral fraction. Treatments were fallow, maize/soybean in rotation, and continuous maize receiving no fertilizer (maize0N), synthetic fertilizer N (maize + N), or composted manure (maize + manure). The chemical structures in SOM associated with the fine fraction were determined using XANES spectroscopy at the C and N K-edges, which was assessed using multidimensional scaling. Analysis of amino sugar biomarkers were used to evaluate the fungal:bacterial contributions to the SOM. The addition of N to soils (i.e., maize + N, maize + manure, and maize/soybean treatments) resulted in the enrichment of proteinaceous compounds. Soils which did not receive supplemental N (i.e., fallow and maize0N treatments) were enriched in plant-derived compounds (e.g., aromatics, phenolics, carboxylic acids and aliphatic compounds), suggesting that decomposition of plant residues was constrained by N-limitation. Microbial populations assessed by amino sugar biomarker ratios showed that the highest contributions to SOM by bacteria occurred in the maize + manure treatment (high N input), and by fungi in the fallow treatment (low N input). The SOM in the maize + N and maize/soybean treatments was enriched in N-bonded aromatics; we attribute this enrichment to the abiotic reaction of inorganic N with organic C structures. The SOM in the maize + manure treatment was enriched in pyridinic-N, likely as a result of intense microbial processing and high SOM turnover. The presences of signals for ketone and pyrrole compounds in XANES spectra suggest their use as biomarkers for microbially transformed and stabilized SOM. The SOM in the maize + manure treatment was enriched in ketones which are likely microbial by-products of fatty acid catabolism. Pyrrole compounds, which may accumulate over the long term as by-products of protein transformations by an N-limited microbial community, were dominant in the fallow soil. A combination of molecular spectroscopy and biomarker analysis showed that the source of supplemental N to soil influences the stable C- and N-containing compounds of SOM in a long-term field study. Indeed, any increase in N availability allowed the microbial community to transform plant material into microbial by-products which occur as stable SOM compounds in the fine soil fraction.     

Fertilizer and manure equivalent rates on forage corn production (<i>Zea mays</i>)

An experiment with increasing rates of fertilizer and manure in silage corn was established to evaluate the agronomic crop response and to estimate the manure nitrogen availability. The treatments were designed to deliver 0, 67, 100 and 133% of the crop nitrogen requirements (CNR), using ammonium sulphate and manure as N source. Dry matter (DM) yield was similar among treatments receiving N, but those values were greater than those found in the control. Nitrogen extraction at harvest was not statistically different in treatments with fertilizer or manure, but it was higher in these treatments than in the control without N (p≤ 0.05). With both sources of N, crop N extraction was adjusted to a quadratic regression equation, as a function of N rates. According to the fertilizer equivalence (EF) methodology, the rate of 231.3 kg/ha of inorganic fertilizer N, and 752.9 kg/ha of total N in manure, had 129.5 kg/ha of N extracted by the crop. The ratio of the above rates, fertilizer N/ manure total N, represents the crop available manure N; in the present study, it was 30.7% of total N in the manure. Since no differences in yield were observed between N sources, it is concluded that N fertilizer can be substituted by manure, at a rate estimated to provide the crop N requirements. The estimation of the manure available N is important to adjust manure rates, thereafter avoiding excessive applications and pollution risks.     

Estimation of nitrous oxide, nitric oxide and ammonia emissions from croplands in East, Southeast and South Asia

Agricultural activities have greatly altered the global nitrogen (N) cycle and produced nitrogenous gases of environmental significance. More than half of all chemical N fertilizer produced globally is used in crop production in East, Southeast and South Asia, where rice is central to nutrition. Emissions of nitrous oxide (N₂O), nitric oxide (NO) and ammonia (NH₃) from croplands in this region were estimated by considering background emission and emissions resulting from N added to croplands, including chemical N, animal manure, biologically fixed N and N in crop residues returned to fields. Background emission fluxes of N₂O and NO from croplands were estimated to be 1.22 and 0.57 kg N ha^?1 yr^?1, respectively. Separate fertilizer‐induced emission factors were estimated for upland fields and rice fields. Total N₂O emission from croplands in the study region was estimated to be 1.19 Tg N yr^?1, with 43% contributed by background emissions. The average fertilizer‐induced N₂O emission, however, accounts for only 0.93% of the applied N, which is less than the default IPCC value of 1.25%, because of the low emission factor from paddy fields. Total NO emission was 591 Gg N yr^?1 in the study region, with 40% from background emissions. The average fertilizer‐induced NO emission factor was 0.48%. Total NH₃ emission was estimated to be 11.8 Tg N yr^?1. The use of urea and ammonium bicarbonate and the cultivation of rice led to a high average NH₃ loss rate from chemical N fertilizer in the study region. Emissions were displayed at a 0.5° × 0.5° resolution with the use of a global landuse database.     

Nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural fields: Assessment, measurement and mitigation

In this paper we discuss three topics concerning N₂O emissions from agricultural systems. First, we present an appraisal of N₂O emissions from agricultural soils (Assessment). Secondly, we discuss some recent efforts to improve N₂O flux estimates in agricultural fields (Measurement), and finally, we relate recent studies which use nitrification inhibitors to decrease N₂O emissions from N-fertilized fields (Mitigation).To assess the global emission of N₂O from agricultural soils, the total flux should represent N₂O from all possible sources; native soil N, N from recent atmospheric deposition, past years fertilization, N from crop residues, N₂O from subsurface aquifers below the study area, and current N fertilization. Of these N sources only synthetic fertilizer and animal manures and the area of fields cropped with legumes have sufficient global data to estimate their input for N₂O production. The assessment of direct and indirect N₂O emissions we present was made by multiplying the amount of fertilizer N applied to agricultural lands by 2% and the area of land cropped to legumes by 4 kg N₂O-N ha^-1. No regard to method of N application, type of N, crop, climate or soil was given in these calculations, because the data are not available to include these variables in large scale assessments. Improved assessments should include these variables and should be used to drive process models for field, area, region and global scales.Several N₂O flux measurement techniques have been used in recent field studies which utilize small and ultralarge chambers and micrometeorological along with new analytical techniques to measure N₂O fluxes. These studies reveal that it is not the measurement technique that is providing much of the uncertainty in N₂O flux values found in the literature but rather the diverse combinations of physical and biological factors which control gas fluxes. A careful comparison of published literature narrows the range of observed fluxes as noted in the section on assessment. An array of careful field studies which compare a series of crops, fertilizer sources, and management techniques in controlled parallel experiments throughout the calendar year are needed to improve flux estimates and decrease uncertainty in prediction capability.There are a variety of management techniques which should conserve N and decrease the amount of N application needed to grow crops and to limit N₂O emissions. Using nitrification inhibitors is an option for decreasing fertilizer N use and additionally directly mitigating N₂O emissions. Case studies are presented which demonstrate the potential for using nitrification inhibitors to limit N₂O emissions from agricultural soils. Inhibitors may be selected for climatic conditions and type of cropping system as well as the type of nitrogen (solid mineral N, mineral N in solution, or organic waste materials) and applied with the fertilizers.     

垃圾填埋场渗滤液灌溉及覆土土质对填埋场氧化亚氮释放的影响

采用静态箱法,现场监测黏土和砂土覆盖层生活垃圾填埋场N₂O释放通量的春夏季节及昼夜变化,研究渗滤液灌溉、覆土土质对填埋场N₂O释放的影响.结果表明：砂土和黏土覆盖层填埋场N2O夏季的释放通量均值分别为（242±576）和（591±767） μg N₂ON·m^-2·h^-1,是春季［分别为（74.4±314）和（269±335） μg N₂ON·m^-2·h^-1］的3.2（P>0.05）和2.2倍（P<0.05）.渗滤液灌溉促进了砂土填埋场覆土N₂O的释放,填埋场中灌溉区N₂O的释放通量为无灌溉区的2倍（P>0.05）.渗滤液灌溉的砂土覆盖层填埋场N₂O春夏两季释放通量均值［（211±460） μg N₂ON·m^-2·h^-1］仅为无渗滤液灌溉的黏土覆盖层填埋场［（430±605） μg N₂ON·m^-2·h^-1］的1/2（P>0.05）.无论渗滤液灌溉与否,选择贫瘠的砂性覆盖土均有助于减少生活垃圾填埋场N₂O释放.     

豆科绿肥及施氮量对旱地麦田土壤主要肥力性状的影响

通过2a田间定位试验,研究渭北旱塬地区夏闲期插播并翻压不同豆科绿肥(长武怀豆、大豆和绿豆)以及小麦生长季不同施氮量(0,108,135,162 kg/hm2)对麦田土壤肥力性状的影响,以期为提高旱地土壤质量提供理论依据.试验结果表明:(1)种植豆科绿肥能显著提高土壤有机质、活性有机质和全氮含量,增加土壤碳库管理指数(CPMI),对土壤速效钾含量没有显著影响;(2)绿豆还田量高于长武怀豆和大豆,然而土壤培肥效果逊于长武怀豆和大豆;(3)夏闲期种植绿肥明显消耗了土壤水分,导致绿肥翻压前、小麦播前直至收获后,0-200 cm土壤贮水量显著低于休闲处理,但耗水量与休闲没有明显差异,由于小麦产量显著增加,因此豆科绿肥显著提高了水分生产效率;(4)与不施氮相比,小麦生长季施用氮肥能显著增加土壤水分生产效率,却对土壤各肥力性状的影响均不显著.夏闲期种植并翻压豆科绿肥是旱地培肥土壤、提高水分生产效率的有效途径.     

Plant morphophysiological and anatomical factors associated with nitrous oxide flux from wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Experiments were conducted to study the dynamics of nitrous oxide (N?O) emission from wheat varieties viz., Sonalika, HUW 468, HUW 234 and DBW 14 grown in alluvial soils of North Bank Plain Agroclimatic Zone of Assam, India. Attempts were made to find out the relationship of N?O emission with plant morphophysiological, anatomical and soil properties. N?O fluxes from wheat varieties ranged from 40 μg N?O-N m?2 h?1 to 295 μg N?O-N m?2 h?1. Soil organic carbon and soil temperature have shown significant relationship with N?O flux. The rate of leaf transpiration recorded from the wheat varieties at different growth stages exhibited a positive correlation with N?O emission suggesting that movement of N?O along with the transpirational water flow may be an important mechanism of N?O transport and emission through wheat plants. Anatomical investigation by scanning electron microscope revealed that N?O emission has relationship with stomatal frequency of leaf and leaf sheaths. Variety HUW 234 with the highest stomatal frequency of leaf and leaf sheath also recorded higher seasonal N?O emission compared to other varieties. Seasonal N?O emission (E(sif)) of the varieties ranged from 3.25 to 3.81 kg N?O-N ha?1. Significant variations in E(sif) values were recorded within the varieties.     

Surface N balances and reactive N loss to the environment from global intensive agricultural production systems for the period 1970―2030

Data for the historical years 1970 and 1995 and the FAO-Agriculture Towards 2030 projection are used to calculate N inputs (N fertilizer, animal manure, biological N fixation and atmospheric deposition) and the N export from the field in harvested crops and grass and grass consumption by grazing animals. In most industrialized countries we see a gradual increase of the overall N recovery of the intensive agricultural production systems over the whole 1970―2030 period. In contrast, low N input systems in many developing countries sustained low crop yields for many years but at the cost of soil fertility by depleting soil nutrient pools. In most developing countries the N recovery will increase in the coming decades by increasing efficiencies of N use in both crop and livestock production systems. The surface balance surplus of N is lost from the agricultural system via different pathways, including NH₃ volatilization, denitrification, N₂O and NO emissions, and nitrate leaching from the root zone. Global NH₃-N emissions from fertilizer and animal manure application and stored manure increased from 18 to 34 Tg·yr^-1 between 1970 and 1995, and will further increase to 44 Tg·yr^-1 in 2030. Similar developments are seen for N₂O-N (2.0 Tg·yr^-1 in 1970, 2.7 Tg·yr^-1 in 1995 and 3.5 Tg·yr^-1 in 2030) and NO-N emissions (1.1 Tg·yr^-1 in 1970, 1.5 Tg·yr^-1 in 1995 and 2.0 Tg·yr^-1 in 2030).