Abstract
The environmental benefits of producing biofuels from sugarcane have been questioned due to greenhouse gas emissions during the biomass production stage, especially nitrous oxide (NO) associated with nitrogen (N) fertilization. The objective of this work was to evaluate the use of nitrification inhibitors (NIs) dicyandiamide (DCD) and 3,4 dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) and a controlled-release fertilizer (CRF) to reduce NO emissions from urea, applied at a rate of 120 kg ha of N. Two field experiments in ratoon cycle sugarcane were performed in Brazil. The treatments were (i) no N (control), (ii) urea, (iii) urea+DCD, (iv) urea+DMPP, and (v) CRF. Measurements of NO fluxes were performed using static chambers with four replications. The measurements were conducted three times per week during the first 3 mo and biweekly afterward for a total of 217 and 382 d in the first and second seasons, respectively. The cumulative NO-N emissions in the first ratoon cycle were 1098 g ha in the control treatment and 1924 g ha with urea (0.7% of the total N applied). Addition of NIs to urea reduced NO emissions by more than 90%, which did not differ from those of the plots without N. The CRF treatment showed NO emissions no different from those of urea. The results were similar in the second ratoon: the treatment with urea showed NO emissions of 0.75% of N applied N. Application of NIs resulted in a strong reduction in NO emissions, but CRF increased emissions compared with urea. We therefore conclude that both NIs can be options for mitigation of greenhouse gas emission in sugarcane used for bioenergy.
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Cumulative NO-N emissions in the first ratoon cycle were 1098 g ha in the control treatment.
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e1“The cumulative NO-N emissions in the first ratoon cycle were 1098 g ha in the control treatment and 1924 g ha with urea (0.7% of the total N applied)”
t0“Urea Applied to Sugarcane”
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Cumulative NO-N emissions with urea were 1924 g ha, 0.7% of the total N applied, in the first ratoon cycle.
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e1“The cumulative NO-N emissions in the first ratoon cycle were 1098 g ha in the control treatment and 1924 g ha with urea (0.7% of the total N applied)”
t0“Urea Applied to Sugarcane”
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Adding NIs to urea reduced NO emissions by more than 90% compared with urea alone.
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e3“Addition of NIs to urea reduced NO emissions by more than 90%, which did not differ from those of the plots without N”
t0“Urea Applied to Sugarcane”
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NO emissions from urea with NIs did not differ from those of the plots without N.
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e3“Addition of NIs to urea reduced NO emissions by more than 90%, which did not differ from those of the plots without N”
t0“Urea Applied to Sugarcane”
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The CRF treatment showed NO emissions no different from those of urea.
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e4“The CRF treatment showed NO emissions no different from those of urea”
t0“Urea Applied to Sugarcane”
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In the second ratoon, urea showed NO emissions of 0.75% of the N applied.
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e5“The results were similar in the second ratoon: the treatment with urea showed NO emissions of 0.75% of N applied N”
t0“Urea Applied to Sugarcane”
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CRF increased NO emissions compared with urea.
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e6“CRF increased emissions compared with urea”
t0“Urea Applied to Sugarcane”
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Both NIs can be options for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from sugarcane used for bioenergy.
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e7“both NIs can be options for mitigation of greenhouse gas emission in sugarcane used for bioenergy”
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