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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2009, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (09): 2166-2172.

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Effects of no-tillage and fertilization on paddy soil CH4 and N2O emissions and their greenhouse effect in Central China.

DAI Guang-zhao1|2;LI Cheng-fang1;CAO Cou-gui1;ZHAN Ming1;TONG Le-ga1;MEI Shao-hua3;ZHAI Zhong-bing4;FAN Duan-yang4   

  1. 1Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Huazhong Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China;2Enshi State Bureau of Tobacco Monopoly, Enshi 445000, Hubei, China;3Wuxue Bureau of Agriculture, Huanggang 435400, Hubei, China;4Dafashi Agrotechnical Extension and Service Center of Wuxue City, Huanggang 435400, Hubei, China
  • Received:2008-12-30 Online:2009-09-20 Published:2009-09-20

Abstract: By using static chamber-gas chromatographic techniques, the CH4 and N2O emissions from the paddy soil in southeast Hubei were measured. Four treatments were installed, i.e., no-tillage plus no-fertilization (NT0), conventional tillage plus no-fertilization (CT0), no-tillage plus fertilization (NTC), and conventional tillage plus fertilization (CTC). In all treatments, the CH4 emission had a seasonal variation of increasing first and decreasing then, while the N2O emission had no significant seasonal variation. Fertilization increased the CH4 and N2O emissions significantly. NT0 increased the CH4 emission and decreased the N2O emission significantly, compared with CT0; NTC only decreased the CH4 emission and increased the N2O emission slightly, compared with CTC. The analysis on the integrated greenhouse effect of CH4 and N2O showed that NT0 increased the effect by 259%, compared with CT0, while NTC decreased the effect by 101%, compared with CTC. Therefore, a reasonable arrangement of fertilization and no-tillage could reduce the integrated greenhouse effect of CH4 and N2O from paddy field.

Key words: no-tillage, paddy soil, CH4, N2O, greenhouse effect, evergreen broad-leaved forest, nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization, litterfall, nutrient concentration, Schima superba.