Black Plastic Film Mulching Increases Soil Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Arid Potato Fields

Chaobiao Meng, Jianyu Zhao, Ning Wang, Kaijing Yang and Fengxin Wang ()
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Chaobiao Meng: Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Jianyu Zhao: Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
Ning Wang: Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
Kaijing Yang: China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100048, China
Fengxin Wang: Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 23, 1-12

Abstract: Black plastic film mulching is a common practice for potato production in the arid area of Northwest China. Many studies have reported the significant positive effect of black plastic film mulch on potato harvest, while the effect of black plastic film mulch treatment on soil nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions is still unclear. As a consequence, this study aimed to examine the effect of black plastic film mulch treatment on N 2 O emission from arid upland potato fields. With the static chamber-gas chromatography method, soil N 2 O emissions were measured. The results showed that black plastic film mulching treatment significantly increased cumulative soil N 2 O emissions by 21–26% compared with non-mulched treatment. Cumulative N 2 O emission positively correlated with soil temperature, soil moisture, soil CO 2 concentration, and amoA - AOB abundance. This study indicated that black plastic film mulching, mainly through increasing soil temperature and soil moisture, increasing soil carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) concentration, and promoting the abundance of nitrification-related functional gene of amoA - AOB , regulated N 2 O emissions. This study also highlighted that the specific soil environment under black plastic film mulch is conducive to N 2 O emissions and lay the foundation for settling the contradiction between food production and greenhouse gas mitigation in upland soils. The negative effects of black plastic film mulching on the environment should be considered in future applications in food production.

Keywords: nitrous oxide emission; plastic film mulch; amoA - AOB (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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