Study finds multiple benefits from using biochar in agriculture
The use of appropriate nitrogen (N) rates is important to optimize organic rice yield potential while minimizing environmental impact and input costs. A greenhouse experiment was conducted to identify the optimal N rate for organic and conventional rice and determine its effects on rice yield, soil ...
Author(s)
Li XiuFen; Jiang Jing; Guo JingQi; McClung, A. M.; Chen Kun; Velarca, M. V.; Torbert, H. A.; Dou FuGen
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Plant Nutrition, 2023, 46, 8, pp 1627-1649
Agricultural waste can have a catastrophic impact on climate change, as it contributes significantly to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions if not managed sustainably. Swine-digestate-manure-derived biochar may be one sustainable way to manage waste and tackle GHG emissions in temperate climatic...
Author(s)
Ayaz, M.; Feizienė, D.; Tilvikienė, V.; Feiza, V.; Baltrėnaitė-Gedienė, E.; Ullah, S.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Plants, 2023, 12, 5,
Conventional tillage (CT) degrades soil and environmental quality in many major cropping systems. Conservation agriculture, like reduced tillage, can play an important role in maintaining soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and in minimizing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from crop fields. An...
Author(s)
Haque, M. M.; Biswas, J. C.; Nazmus Salahin; Alam, M. K.; Sohela Akhter; Shahrina Akhtar; Maniruzzaman, M.; Hossain, M. S.
Publisher
Taylor and Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 2023, 69, 4, pp 599-614
[Objective] Paddy fields are one of the important sources of greenhouse gas emissions, while farming practices and water management can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from field to a certain extent. Ridge cultivation and direct-seeding is a new kind of rice planting pattern that saves costs and...
Author(s)
Xie Jun; Yin XueWei; Wei Ling; Wang ZiFang; Li QingHu; Zhang XiaoChun; Lu YuanYuan; Wang QiuYue; Gao Ming
Publisher
Scientia Agricultura Sinica, Beijing, China
Citation
Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2023, 56, 4, pp 697-710
Quantifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from irrigated paddy fields is of great significance for addressing climate change. Machine learning (ML) provides an alternative to empirical models and biogeochemical models, but it has not been used to simulate GHG emissions from paddy fields. In this...
Author(s)
Jiang ZeWei; Yang ShiHong; Smith Pete; Pang QingQing
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Field Crops Research, 2023, 292,
Biochar addition has been recommended as a potential strategy for mitigating climate change. However, the number of studies simultaneously investigating the effects of biochar addition on CO2, N2O and CH4 emissions and sequentially global warming potential (GWP) is limited, especially concerning...
Author(s)
Zhou YongChun; Li DanYang; Li ZhengLong; Guo SiBo; Chen ZhiMin; Wu LiuLin; Zhao Yan
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023, 20, 2,
Biodegradable mulch film potentially offers an encouraging alternative to conventional (petroleum-based) plastic films. Since biodegradable films are more susceptible to rapid degradation, more microplastics (MPs) are likely to be generated than conventional films within the same time frame,...
Author(s)
Zhou Jie; Jia Rong; Brown, R. W.; Yang YaDong; Zeng ZhaoHai; Jones, D. L.; Zang HuaDong
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023, 442,
Commonly, agricultural practices utilize urea as a nitrogen (N) source, which can lead to N losses to the environment. Application of urease inhibitors (UIs) or nitrification inhibitors (NIs) can mitigate these losses to some extent but not completely. A preliminary study showed that...
Author(s)
Wang Shuai; Li Jie; Wang WenYu; Zhang LiLi; Wu ZhiJie
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2023, 341,
Increasing scarcity of irrigation water is threatening global wheat production and sustainability. Accordingly, the water-saving irrigation regime has been strongly advocated to reduce irrigation water consumption. However, studies about greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the winter wheat cropping ...
Author(s)
Zhang Zhen; Yu ZhenWen; Shi Yu; Zhang YongLi
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
European Journal of Agronomy, 2023, 143,