posted on 2023-05-19, 06:01authored byCarvalho, MTDM, Madari, BE, Bastiaans, L, van Oort, PAJ, Leal, WGO, de Souza, DM, dos Santos, RC, Matsushige, I, Maia, AHN, Heinemann, AB, Holger MeinkeHolger Meinke
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.
History
Publication title
Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira
Volume
51
Issue
9
Pagination
1203-1212
ISSN
0100-204X
Department/School
Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)
Publisher
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria
Place of publication
Brazil
Rights statement
Copyright 2016 the authors. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/