Abstract
A pot trial and a field experiment were conducted to study the effect of timing of application of nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide (DCD) on N2O and CH4 emissions from rice paddy soil. Four treatments including Treatment CK1, DCD-1 (application of DCD with basal fertilizer), DCD-2 (DCD with tillering fertilizer) and DCD-3 (DCD with panicle initiation fertilizer), were designed and implemented in pot experiment. Total N2O and CH4 emissions from DCD-treated soils were decreased profoundly when compared with that from urea alone (P < 0.05). Application of DCD together with basal fertilizer, tillering fertilizer and panicle initiation fertilizer reduced N2O emission by 8, 30 and 2%, respectively, while those for CH4 were 21, 8 and 1%. The field experiment with four treatments was carried out subsequently, and a kind of urease inhibitor hydroquinone (HQ) was also incorporated with DCD simultaneously. The combined use of HQ and DCD with basal fertilizer, tillering fertilizer and panicle initiation fertilizer decreased N2O emissions by 24, 56 and 17%, respectively, while those for CH4 were 35, 19 and 12%. N2O emission was effectively reduced by the inhibitor(s) applied with tillering fertilizer before midseason aeration, while CH4 emission was effectively decreased by the combined use of inhibitor(s) with basal fertilizer before rice transplanting. Furthermore, an increase in rice yield and a reduction of total global warming potential (GWP) of CH4 and N2O could be achieved by using inhibitor(s) in rice paddy field.
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Funding for this research work was provided by Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2008DFA21330), Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-YW-Q1-07) and the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (Grant No. 40621001 and No. 40671094). The authors would like to express their thanks to the responsible editors and anonymous reviewers for their corrections and suggestions to the manuscript.
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Li, X., Zhang, X., Xu, H. et al. Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from rice paddy soil as influenced by timing of application of hydroquinone and dicyandiamide. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 85, 31–40 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-008-9246-3
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