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CO2 and N2O emissions in response to dolomite application are moisture dependent in an acidic paddy soil

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Purpose

Liming is the most widely used agricultural practice for acidic paddy soils amelioration, which is usually applied before rice transplanting. Both liming and soil moisture can affect the generation of CO2 and N2O. This study aimed to investigate the optimal water management strategy after liming in paddy field under the consideration of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation.

Materials and methods

A 45-day incubation experiment was conducted to investigate the impact of dolomite application on the CO2 and N2O emissions in an acidic paddy soil under three soil moisture levels, including 50% (low, L), 90% (medium, M), and 130% (high, H) of water holding capacity.

Results and discussion

Dolomite application significantly increased CO2 emissions in all moisture levels, with the highest emission in treatment M and the lowest in L. This result may be attributed to increases in soil pH and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) contents. Dolomite application decreased N2O emission in all moisture levels, while the significant difference was only detected in treatment H. Dolomite application and soil moisture regulated N2O fluxes through the alteration of the DOC and mineral nitrogen contents and their stoichiometry in treatments M and H. Dolomite application resulted in an optimal pH that considerably matches the target value (pH 6.50) and the lowest global warming potential in treatment L.

Conclusions

The present study suggests that the response of CO2 and N2O emissions to liming is moisture dependent in acidic paddy soil. This study also recommends that maintaining low soil moisture is the optimal water management strategy after dolomite application in the field to mitigate GHG emissions.

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Acknowledgments

The authors sincerely appreciate the coworkers and students of Hubei Normal University for their excellent assistance with soil sampling in the field.

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This work was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFD0800102).

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    Hongtao Wu, Peng Xu, Jinli Hu, Mengdie Jiang, Jinsong Zhao, Yupeng Wu & Ronggui Hu

  2. College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, 435002, China

    Hongtao Wu

  3. Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Hohhot Vacational College, Hohhot, 010070, Inner Mongolia, China

    Xiaohui Hao

  4. Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

    Muhammad Shaaban

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Wu, H., Hao, X., Xu, P. et al. CO2 and N2O emissions in response to dolomite application are moisture dependent in an acidic paddy soil. J Soils Sediments 20, 3136–3147 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-020-02652-w

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