title: Greenhouse gas emissions from cotton field under different irrigation methods and fertilization regimes in arid northwestern China.
abstract: Drip irrigation is broadly extended in order to save water in the arid cotton production region of China. Biochar is thought to be a useful soil amendment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Here, a field study was conducted to compare the emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) under different irrigation methods (drip irrigation (D) and furrow irrigation (F)) and fertilization regimes (conventional fertilization (C) and conventional fertilization + biochar (B)) during the cotton growth season. The accumulated N2O emissions were significantly lower with FB, DC, and DB than with FC by 28.8%, 36.1%, and 37.6%, while accumulated CH4 uptake was 264.5%, 226.7%, and 154.2% higher with DC, DB, and FC than that with FB, respectively. Irrigation methods showed a significant effect on total global warming potential (GWP) and yield-scaled GWP (P < 0.01). DC and DB showed higher cotton yield, water use efficiency (WUE), and lower yield-scaled GWP, as compared with FC and FB. This suggests that in northwestern China mulched-drip irrigation should be a better approach to increase cotton yield with depressed GHG. In addition, biochar addition increased CH4 emissions while it decreased N2O emissions.
authors.affiliation: College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0300-0818
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
authors.forename: Jinfei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xinjiang 830011, China.
authors.forename: Lanhai
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
authors.forename: Haishui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
authors.forename: Xiaohua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
authors.forename: Xinmin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bian
mesh_terms: D057914:Agricultural Irrigation / Q000379:methods*; D002681:China; D005308:Fertilizers; D003368:Gossypium / Q000254:growth & development*; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D008697:Methane / Q000032:analysis; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000032:analysis; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D005308:Fertilizers; D012987:Soil; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D008697:Methane