Effects of Different Types of Water and Nitrogen Fertilizer Management on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Yield, and Water Consumption of Paddy Fields in Cold Region of China

Tangzhe Nie, Peng Chen, Zhongxue Zhang, Zhijuan Qi, Yanyu Lin and Dan Xu
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Tangzhe Nie: School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
Peng Chen: School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
Zhongxue Zhang: School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
Zhijuan Qi: School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
Yanyu Lin: College of Engineering, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing 163319, China
Dan Xu: School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 9, 1-16

Abstract: Water management and nitrogen (N) fertilizers are the two main driving factors of greenhouse gas emissions. In this paper, two irrigation modes, controlled irrigation (CI) and flood irrigation (FI), and four nitrogen fertilizer levels (N0: 0, N1: 85, N2: 110, and N3: 135 kg·hm −2 ) were set to study the effect of different irrigation modes and N fertilizer amount on greenhouse-gas emissions of paddy fields in cold region by using the static chamber-gas chromatograph method; yield and water consumption were also analyzed. The results showed that, compared with FI, CI significantly reduced CH 4 emissions by 19.42~46.94%, but increased N 2 O emissions by 5.66~11.85%. Under the two irrigation modes, N fertilizers could significantly increase N 2 O emissions, but the CH 4 emissions of each N treatment showed few differences. Compared with FI, appropriate N application under CI could significantly increase grain number per spike, seed-setting rate, and 1000-grain weight, thus increasing yield. Under the two irrigation modes, water consumption increased with the increase of N application rate, and the total water consumption of CI was significantly lower than that of FI. The global warming potential (GWP) of CI was significantly smaller than that of FI. The trend of GWP in each treatment was similar to that of CH 4 . Through comprehensive comparison and analysis of water productivity (WP), gas emission intensity (GHGI), and the yield of each treatment, we found that CI+N2 treatment had the highest WP (2.05 kg·m −3 ) and lowest GHGI (0.37 kg CO 2 -eq·kg −1 ), while maintaining high yield (10,224.4 kg·hm −2 ). The results of this study provide an important basis for guiding high yield, water-savings, and emission reduction of paddy fields in cold regions.

Keywords: paddy fields; irrigation mode; greenhouse gas; yield; water productivity; comprehensive assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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