Emission of nitrous oxide in flooded rice cultivation in tropical area of Brazil

Authors

  • Yoná Serpa Mascarenhas Instituto Federal do Piauí, Departamento de Agricultura e Pecuária, Campus Oeiras, Rua Projetada, s/no, CEP 64500-000 Oeiras, PI.
  • Melissa Ananias Soler da Silva Embrapa Arroz e Feijão, GO-462, Km 12, Zona Rural, CEP 75375-000 Santo Antônio de Goiás, GO.
  • Vládia Correchel Universidade Federal de Goiás, Escola de Agronomia, Campus Samambaia, Rodovia Goiânia-Nova Veneza, Km 0, CEP 74690-900 Goiânia, GO.
  • Alberto Baêta dos Santos Embrapa Arroz e Feijão, GO-462, Km 12, Zona Rural, CEP 75375-000 Santo Antônio de Goiás, GO.
  • Márcia Thaís de Melo Carvalho Embrapa Arroz e Feijão, GO-462, Km 12, Zona Rural, CEP 75375-000 Santo Antônio de Goiás, GO.
  • Beáta Emöke Madari Embrapa Arroz e Feijão, GO-462, Km 12, Zona Rural, CEP 75375-000 Santo Antônio de Goiás, GO.
  • Alexandre Siqueira Coelho Universidade Federal de Goiás, Escola de Agronomia, Campus Samambaia, Rodovia Goiânia-Nova Veneza, Km 0, CEP 74690-900 Goiânia, GO.
  • Gustavo Melo de Oliveira Gonçalves Universidade Federal de Goiás, Escola de Agronomia, Campus Samambaia, Rodovia Goiânia-Nova Veneza, Km 0, CEP 74690-900 Goiânia, GO.
  • Pedro Henrique Pereira Caetano Universidade Federal de Goiás, Escola de Agronomia, Campus Samambaia, Rodovia Goiânia-Nova Veneza, Km 0, CEP 74690-900 Goiânia, GO.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab2020.v55.26843

Keywords:

Oryza sativa, climate change, emission factor, greenhouse gases, nitrogen use efficiency

Abstract

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of nitrogen fertilizers on the N dynamics and grain yield in flooded rice (Oryza sativa) cultivation in Brazilian tropical wetland. The experiment was carried out in a randomized complete block design with six treatments, as follows: common and protected urea; topdressing application of N doses (30, 70, and 150 kg ha-1); and one control treatment, without N fertilization. Emissions of N2O-N, global warming potential (pGWP), emission factors (EF) for mineral fertilizers, grain yield, emission intensity, nitrate, ammonium, pH, and potential redox were quantified. Gas sampling was carried out in two crop seasons of rice cultivation and in one off-season. During the flooded period of the two crop seasons, N2O fluxes did not exceed 862.41 μg m-2 h-1 N2O-N; in the off-season, the fluxes varied from -52.95 to 274.34 μg m-2 h-1 N2O-N. Consistent emission peaks were observed in soil draining before harvest, when the highest rate of both N sources was used, and also in the control treatment in the off-season. Protected urea does not reduce N2O emissions or EF. Nitrogen increases the grain yield. Protected urea does not have any effect on the pGWP. The concentrations of NO3- and NH4+ in the soil are not related to N2O fluxes.

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Published

2020-12-14

How to Cite

Mascarenhas, Y. S., Silva, M. A. S. da, Correchel, V., Santos, A. B. dos, Carvalho, M. T. de M., Madari, B. E., … Caetano, P. H. P. (2020). Emission of nitrous oxide in flooded rice cultivation in tropical area of Brazil. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 55(X), e01497. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab2020.v55.26843

Issue

V.55, Jan./Dec., 2020 :Continuos publication

Section

SOIL SCIENCE