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Impacts of Different Nitrogen Fertilization on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Lettuce Productivity in Upland Soils during Cultivation
Yeomyeong Lee1
,
Sieun Lee2
,
Juhee Lee1
,
Seongwoo Choi1
,
Sang Yoon Kim3†
1Graduate Student, Department of Bio-Environmental Sciences, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Korea
2Undergraduate Student, Department of Bio-Environmental Sciences, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Korea
3Professor, Department of Bio-Environmental Sciences, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Korea
*sykim@scnu.ac.kr
30 November 2020. pp. 600-613
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Abstract

Nitrogen (N) fertilization improves crop growth and productivity, but can cause adverse environmental problems in particular nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, requiring reasonable fertilization strategy for a better agroecosystem. Our goal was to understand how different N fertilizations influence greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (CO2, CH4, and N2O) and global warming potential (GWP), soil properties, and productivity from lettuce (Lactuca sativa) cultivated fields [control (No fertilizer), urea ((NH2)2CO), ammonium sulfate ((NH4)2SO4), and compost (10 Mg ha-1)]. Inorganic N fertilizations significantly increased GWP as compared to the control, mainly increasing N2O emissions. However, CH4 and CO2 were not significantly different among all treatments, indicating N2O emissions were main contributors to be influenced by N fertilizations. Ammonium sulfate showed higher GWP than the urea. However, GWP was lowest in the control, but was not significantly different as compared to the compost. Lettuce yield was significantly enhanced by chemical N fertilizations, showing much greater biomass in ammonium sulfate than the urea. Lettuce yield with the compost was less than with chemical fertilizations, but significantly greater than control. GWP per productivity as an indicator for sustainability was lowest in compost treatment among all treatments mainly due to reduced GHG emissions by less mineralization. Conclusively, compost application could be a sustainable way to mitigate GHG emissions, maintaining soil quality and productivity in upland soils.

GWP per lettuce yield under different fertilization regimes.
Keywords
Compost
Fertilization
Greenhouse gas emissions
Lactuca sativa
Methane
Nitrous oxide
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  • Publisher :Korean Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국토양비료학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국토양비료학회 학회지
  • Volume : 53
  • No :4
  • Pages :600-613
  • Received Date : 2020-11-02
  • Revised Date : 2020-11-18
  • Accepted Date : 2020-11-24
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7745/KJSSF.2020.53.4.600
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