1. Greenhouse gas emissions from a rice-rice-green manure cropping system in South China.
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Raheem, Abdulkareem, Zhang, Jun, Huang, Jing, Jiang, Yu, Siddik, Mohammad Abubakar, Deng, Aixing, Gao, Jusheng, and Zhang, Weijian
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GREEN manure crops , *CROPPING systems , *RICE yields , *GREENHOUSE gases , *DISSOLVED organic matter , *MANURES - Abstract
Green manure crops play an important role in reducing chemical fertilizer applications while enhancing soil fertility. However, the effects of winter-planted green manure crops on rice paddy greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are poorly understood. Based on a 35 years experiment, we analyzed the impacts of a rice-rice-green manure cropping system on rice yield and GHG emissions during both rice and winter-green manure seasons. Our experiment consisted of four treatments: ryegrass-rice-rice (Ry-R-R), milkvetch rice-rice (Mv-R-R), rapeseed-rice-rice (Rp-R-R) and fallow-rice-rice (Fa-R-R), arranged in a completely randomized design. Incorporation of winter-planted green manure had more impacts on yield and CH 4 emission in the early rice season than in the late rice season. Compared to the Fa-R-R, the Mv-R-R, Rp-R-R, and Ry-R-R systems increased annual yield by 15.4%, 11.8%, and 6.1%, respectively. However, Ry-R-R and Rp-R-R significantly increased annual CH 4 emissions by 116.73% and 52.45%, respectively, while Mv-R-R reduced CH 4 emissions by 16.3%, compared to Fa-R-R. The CH 4 emissions showed significant positive correlations with dissolved organic carbon, as well as the biomass and C/N ratio of the incorporated green manure plant materials. Although green manuring reduced N 2 O emissions in both winter and rice seasons, there was no significant difference in annual cumulative N 2 O emissions among the treatments. Ry-R-R and Rp-R-R increased annual yield-scaled GWP by 102.6% and 34.8%, respectively, while Mv-R-R was 27.8% lower, compared to the Fa-R-R. Our results suggest that Mv-R-R is the best choice of cropping system for yield sustainability and eco-friendly rice production over the long-term. • The impact of green manure crops on greenhouse gas emissions was studied. • Ry-R-R and Rp-R-R significantly increased CH 4 emissions by 116.73% and 52.45%, respectively. • Mv-R-R significantly increased rice yield by 15.4% and reduced CH 4 emission. • Mv-R-R is the most suitable cropping system for higher rice yield and lower CH 4 emission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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