Combination of Water-Saving Irrigation and Nitrogen Fertilization Regulates Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Increases Rice Yields in High-Cold Regions, Northeast China

Yu Sun, Yongcai Lai, Qi Wang, Qiulai Song, Liang Jin, Xiannan Zeng, Yanjiang Feng and Xinrui Lu ()
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Yu Sun: Institute of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150086, China
Yongcai Lai: Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150086, China
Qi Wang: Institute of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150086, China
Qiulai Song: Institute of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150086, China
Liang Jin: Plant Nutrition and Resources Institute, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
Xiannan Zeng: Institute of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150086, China
Yanjiang Feng: Institute of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150086, China
Xinrui Lu: Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130012, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 24, 1-16

Abstract: Increased rice production, which benefitted from cropping areas expansion and continuous N applications, resulted in severe increases in greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from 1983 to 2019 in Heilongjiang Province, China. Therefore, field trials were performed in the high-cold Harbin region, Northeast China, to determine the efficiency of incorporating water regimes with N fertilization in minimizing the impact of rice production on GHG emissions. Two water-saving irrigation strategies, intermittent irrigation (W1) and control irrigation (W2), were used relative to continuous flooding (W0), and we combined them with six fertilized treatments. Our results demonstrated that W1 and W2 significantly decreased seasonal CH 4 emissions by 19.7–30.0% and 11.4–29.9%, enhanced seasonal N 2 O emissions by 77.0–127.0% and 16.2–42.4%, and increased significantly yields by 5.9–12.7% and 0–4.7%, respectively, compared with W0. Although trade-offs occurred between CH 4 and N 2 O emissions, W1 and W2 resulted in significant reductions in global warming potential (GWP). Moreover, low N rates (<120 kg N ha −1 ) performed better in GWP than high N rates. N fertilization and irrigation regimes had remarkable effects on rice yields and GWP. In conclusion, the incorporation of W1 and a N application under 120 kg N ha −1 could simultaneously mitigate GWP while enhancing production in black soils in high-cold Northeast China.

Keywords: intermittent irrigation; greenhouse gases emissions; methane; nitrous oxide; rice field; high-cold (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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