Crop Growth and Nitrous Emission in Red Pepper Soils: Effects of Chemical Fertilizer and Livestock Manure Compost Treatments

Hyo-Jung Choi; Sang-Young Seo; Seon-Wu Choi; Chang-Kyu Lee; Min-Sil An; Seok-In Yun

doi:10.7745/KJSSF.2022.55.2.162

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Crop Growth and Nitrous Emission in Red Pepper Soils: Effects of Chemical Fertilizer and Livestock Manure Compost Treatments

31 May 2022. pp. 162-174

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Abstract

Livestock manure compost (LMC) can be used as an alternative nitrogen source instead of chemical fertilizer in order to reduce nitrous oxide (N₂O) emission. To evaluate the effect of LMC on reducing N₂O emission, we cultivated red pepper by treating with no treatment (Con), chemical fertilizer (CF), and the powder (LMCPD) and pellet type (LMCPE) of livestock manure compost for two years, and analyzed N₂O emission and plant growth. The N₂O emissions were 5.6 and 5.5 kg N₂O ha^-1 for the LMCPD and LMCPE treatments, respectively, which were lower by 48% than that of the CF treatment, 11.6 kg N₂O ha^-1. The yields of red pepper fruits of LMC treatments were 70.8 - 94.7% of that of CF treatment, but the yields were not significantly (p > 0.05) different between CF and LMC treatments. The lower yields of LMC treatment were attributable to deficiency of some other nutrients such as potassium (K) rather than nitrogen. Those results suggested that LMC can contribute more positively to reducing N₂O emission than to reducing red pepper yield.

Emissions of nitrous oxide in soil after the first and second cultivations.

Treatments	N₂O emissions (kg ha^-1)			GWP^† (kg CO₂-eq. ha^-1)
Treatments	1st year	2nd year	Average	1st year	2nd year	Average
Con^‡	2.4 c^§	1.0 c	1.7 c	743 c	313 c	528 c
CF	18.5 a	4.6 a	11.6 a	5,735 a	1,440 a	3,588 a
LMCPD	7.2 b	4.0 ab	5.6 b	2,228 b	1,244 ab	1,736 b
LMCPE	8.8 b	2.3 b	5.5 b	2,724 b	702 b	1,713 b

^†GWP (Global Warming Potential) means an index that measures how much each greenhouse gas affects global warming compared to carbon dioxide.

^‡Con, no fertilization; CF, application with inorganic fertilizers; LMCPD, application with the power type of livestock manure compost; LMCPE, application with the pellet type of livestock manure compost.

^§Mean values (n = 3), with different lowercase letters indicating significant difference at p = 0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.

Keywords

Chemical fertilizer

Crop growth

Greenhouse gas emission

Livestock manure

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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 : 55
No :2
Pages :162-174
Received Date : 2022-05-19
Revised Date : 2022-05-30
Accepted Date : 2022-05-30
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7745/KJSSF.2022.55.2.162

Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer ISSN:0367-6315(Print) 2288-2162(Online) 한국토양비료학회 학회지

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