Effects of the Autumn Incorporation of Rice Straw and Application of Lime Nitrogen on Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions and Rice Growth of a High-Yielding Paddy Field in a Cool-Temperate Region in Japan

Fumiaki Takakai, Mimori Goto, Haruki Watanabe, Keiko Hatakeyama, Kentaro Yasuda, Takashi Sato and Yoshihiro Kaneta
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Fumiaki Takakai: Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita 010-0195, Japan
Mimori Goto: Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita 010-0195, Japan
Haruki Watanabe: Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita 010-0195, Japan
Keiko Hatakeyama: Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita 010-0195, Japan
Kentaro Yasuda: Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita 010-0195, Japan
Takashi Sato: Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita 010-0195, Japan
Yoshihiro Kaneta: Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita 010-0195, Japan

Agriculture, 2021, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-17

Abstract: The effects of autumn plowing and lime nitrogen application on rice straw decomposition, CH 4 and N 2 O emission and rice growth in the following year in a high-yielding rice cultivated paddy field were evaluated for two years. The experimental plots were set up, combining different times of rice straw (750 g m −2 ) incorporation into the soil by plowing (autumn or the following spring), with and without lime nitrogen application in autumn (5 g-N m −2 ). Autumn plowing promoted the decomposition of rice straw, but the application of lime nitrogen did not show a consistent trend. The soil pH was high (7.3) at the studied site, and the alkaline effect of lime nitrogen may not have been significant. As with straw decomposition, CH 4 emissions were suppressed by autumn plowing, and no effect from the lime nitrogen application was observed. It was also suggested that the straw decomposition period may be shorter and the CH 4 emissions may be higher in high-yielding cultivars that require a longer ripening period than in normal cultivars. The effect of both treatments on N 2 O emission was not clear. Both the autumn plowing of rice straw and lime nitrogen application were effective in promoting rice growth and increasing rice yield.

Keywords: high-yielding variety; lime nitrogen; litter bag method; methane; nitrous oxide; shallow plowing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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