Winter cover crop integration on soil nitrogen loss from a subtropical warm-season pasture field and its potential mitigation
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作者: Meng, Yili;Wang, Jim J.;Dodla, Syam K.;Gaston, Lewis A.;Wei, Zhuo;Li, Jiabing;Scaglia, Guillermo;Park, Jong-hwan
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关键词: cover crop;nitrogen loss;green house gas emission
期刊名称: AGROSYSTEMS GEOSCIENCES & ENVIRONMENT
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年卷期: 2025 年 8 卷 3 期
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收录情况: ESCI(2025版)
摘要: Bermudagrass is a summer forage crop with high nitrogen (N) demand. Introducing winter cover crops may sustain bermudagrass yields with less fertilizer, reducing environmental N losses. Field trials and lab incubation were carried out to evaluate the effects of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) and ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) as winter cover crops on soil N losses through runoff and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions in a subtropical bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon L.) pasture field. The 2-year field experiment included five treatments: (1) no winter cover and N fertilization as a control (CLT), (2) white clover without N fertilization (WC) (where WC represents white clover), (3) white clover mixed with ryegrass without N fertilization (WCR), (4) white clover with half-rate N at 112 kg N ha-1 year-1 (WC112N), and (5) no cover crop with full-rate N 224 kg N ha-1 year-1 (224N). Results showed that without N fertilization, WC increased bermudagrass biomass by 38% compared to CLT, while WCR had a similar bermudagrass biomass yield to CLT. WC112N produced comparable bermudagrass biomass as 224N as well as reduced NH4+ and NO3- runoff loss by 30%-35% and 11%-24%, respectively, compared than 224N, due to decreased runoff volume. There was no difference in N2O emissions between 224N and WC112N. Laboratory incubation of white clover residue-amended soil showed that nitrification inhibitors dicyandiamide and 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate lowered N2O emission significantly, with a maximum reduction of 77%-91%, while urease inhibitor N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide had no effect. Overall, clover incorporation during the winter season helps in developing a low-N-input pasture production system, and nitrification inhibitors could be applied to mitigate associated N2O losses from clover residue decomposition.
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