Effect of No-Tillage Management on Soil Organic Matter and Net Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in a Rice-Oilseed Rape Cropping System

Huabin Zheng, Xianliang Tang, Jiabin Wei, Huaqin Xu, Yingbin Zou and Qiyuan Tang
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Huabin Zheng: College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
Xianliang Tang: College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
Jiabin Wei: College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
Huaqin Xu: College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
Yingbin Zou: College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
Qiyuan Tang: College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China

Agriculture, 2022, vol. 12, issue 7, 1-9

Abstract: No-tillage (NT) management is considered a leading approach for sustaining crop production and improving soil and environmental quality. Based on a long-term no-tillage experiment in a rice–oilseed rape cropping system, we examined differences in soil organic matter (SOM), soil microbial carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) content, and methane (CH 4 ) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) fluxes between NT and conventional tillage (CT) management. SOM under NT was 21.0 g kg –1 , and a significant difference was detected between 2004 and 2016. SOM increased under NT and CT by averages of 0.60 and 0.32 g kg –1 year –1 , respectively. Soil microbial C and N content were higher under CT than under NT. However, soil C:N ratios under NT were 17.4 and 9.7% higher than the CT, respectively, whereas soil microbial C:N ratios under NT were on average 9.47 and 9.70% higher. In addition, about 70% of CO 2 net uptake and over 99% of net CH 4 emissions occurred during the rice season in May–September in the rice–oilseed rape cropping system. Annual cumulative CH 4 and daytime net ecosystem CO 2 exchange (NEE) under NT was 1813.9 g CO 2 equiv. m –2 , 10.8% higher than that under CT. Our results suggest that a higher soil microbial C:N ratio and NEE (CH 4 and daytime CO 2 ) could contribute to increasing SOM/C in the surface soil under NT management.

Keywords: C:N ratio; net ecosystem exchange; soil microbial carbon; soil microbial nitrogen (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: 2022
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