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Nitrogen availability, water-filled pore space, and N2O-N fluxes after biochar application and nitrogen fertilization

  • Márcia Thaís De Melo Carvalho
  • , Beáta Emoke Madari
  • , Lammert Bastiaans
  • , Pepijn Adrianus Johannes Van Oort
  • , Wesley Gabriel De Oliveira Leal
  • , Diego Mendes De Souza
  • , Roberto Carlos Dos Santos
  • , Iva Matsushige
  • , Aline De Holanda Nunes Maia
  • , Alexandre Bryan Heinemann
  • , Holger Meinke

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Abstract

The objective of this work was to investigate the impact of the application of wood biochar, combined with N fertilizations, on N2O-N fluxes, nitrogen availability, and water-filled pore space (WFPS) of a clayey Oxisol under rice (wet season) and common bean (dry season) succession. Manual static chambers were used to quantify N2O-N fluxes from soil immediately after a single application of wood biochar (32 Mg ha-1) and after four crop seasons with N applications (90 kg ha-1 N). Soil ammonium (N-NH4+) and nitrate (N-NO3-)
availability, as well as WFPS, was measured together with N2O-N fluxes. There was no interaction between biochar and N fertilization regarding N2O-N fluxes in any of the four seasons monitored, although these fluxes were clearly enhanced by N applications. At 1.5 and 2.5 years after biochar application, the WFPS decreased. In addition, in the seasons characterized by low WFPS, N2O-N fluxes and soil N-NO3- and N-NH4+ availability were enhanced after N applications. Long-term experiments in the field are important to quantify the impacts of biochar on N2O-N fluxes and to determine the dynamics of these fluxes on soil-related variables.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1203-1212
JournalPesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira
Volume51
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • Cropping systems
  • Gas fluxes
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Nitrate and ammonium
  • Soil amendment
  • Soil porosity

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