Balancing potato yield, soil nutrient supply, and nitrous oxide emissions : An analysis of nitrogen application trade-offs

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Potato has been promoted as a national key staple food to alleviate pressure on food security in China. Appropriate nitrogen (N) application rate is prerequisite and is crucial for increasing yield, improving fertilizer efficiency, and reducing N losses. In the present study, we determined the optimum N application rates by analyzing field trial data from the main potato producing areas of China between 2004 and 2020. We considered the equilibrium relationships between potato yield, N uptake, partial N balance (PNB), and N2O emission under different soil indigenous N supply (INS) scenarios. The results showed that N rate, INS, and their interactions all significantly affect potato yield and nutrient uptake increment. On average, N application increased potato yield and N uptake by 29.5 % and 56.7 %, respectively. The relationship between N rate and yield increment was linear-plateau, while the relationship between N rate and N uptake increment was linear-linear. Soil INS accounted for 63.5 % of total potato N requirement. Potato yield increment and nutrient uptake increment were exponentially negatively correlated with INS and had a significant parabolic-nonlinear relationship with the interaction of N fertilizer application rate and INS. PNB was negatively correlated with fertilizer N supply intensity as a power function. Based on our analysis, a N application rate of 166 kg N ha-1 was found to be sufficient when the target yield was <34 t ha-1. However, when the target yield reached 40, 50 and 60 t ha-1, the recommended N application rate increased to 182, 211, and 254 kg N ha-1, respectively, while ensuring N2O emissions low with an emission factor of 0.2 %. Our findings will help guide potato farming toward cleaner production without compromising environmental benefit.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:899

Enthalten in:

The Science of the total environment - 899(2023) vom: 15. Nov., Seite 165628

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ning, Linyirui [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Xinpeng [VerfasserIn]
Qiu, Shaojun [VerfasserIn]
Lei, Qiuliang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yitao [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Jiafa [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Wencheng [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Shicheng [VerfasserIn]
He, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Wei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Fertilizers
Indigenous N supply
Journal Article
K50XQU1029
N(2)O emission
N762921K75
Nitrogen
Nitrous Oxide
Partial N balance
Potato
Reasonable N application
Soil

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Date Completed 20.09.2023

Date Revised 20.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165628

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359684262