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Nitrogen, Tillage, and Crop Rotation Effects on Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Irrigated Cropping Systems

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Received for publication May 25, 2007. We evaluated the effects of irrigated crop management practices on nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions from soil. Emissions were monitored from several irrigated cropping systems receiving N fertilizer rates ranging from 0 to 246 kg N ha^–1 during the 2005 and 2006 growing seasons. Cropping systems included conventional-till (CT) continuous corn (Zea mays L.), no-till (NT) continuous corn, NT corn–dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) (NT-CDb), and NT corn–barley (Hordeum distichon L.) (NT-CB). In 2005, half the N was subsurface band applied as urea-ammonium nitrate (UAN) at planting to all corn plots, with the rest of the N applied surface broadcast as a polymer-coated urea (PCU) in mid-June. The entire N rate was applied as UAN at barley and dry bean planting in the NT-CB and NT-CDb plots in 2005. All plots were in corn in 2006, with PCU being applied at half the N rate at corn emergence and a second N application as dry urea in mid-June followed by irrigation, both banded on the soil surface in the corn row. Nitrous oxide fluxes were measured during the growing season using static, vented chambers (1–3 times wk^–1) and a gas chromatograph analyzer. Linear increases in N₂O emissions were observed with increasing N-fertilizer rate, but emission amounts varied with growing season. Growing season N₂O emissions were greater from the NT-CDb system during the corn phase of the rotation than from the other cropping systems. Crop rotation and N rate had more effect than tillage system on N₂O emissions. Nitrous oxide emissions from N application ranged from 0.30 to 0.75% of N applied. Spikes in N₂O emissions after N fertilizer application were greater with UAN and urea than with PCU fertilizer. The PCU showed potential for reducing N₂O emissions from irrigated cropping systems.

Abbreviations: CT, conventional till • CT-CC, conventional-tillage continuous corn • GWP, global warming potential • N₂O, nitrous oxide • NT, no till • NT-CC, no-till continuous corn • NT-CB, no-till corn–barley • NT-CDb, no-till corn–drybean • NT-CSb, no-till corn–soybean • PCU, polymer-coated urea • SOC, soil organic carbon • UAN, urea ammonium nitrate fertilizer

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