Paper · 2022 · Journal of Environmental Management

Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from irrigated rice cultivation through improved fertilizer and water management

S.M. Mofijul Islam; Yam Kanta Gaihre; Md. Rafiqul Islam; et al.

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Abstract

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture sector play an important role for global warming and climate change. Thus, it is necessary to find out GHG emissions mitigation strategies from rice cultivation. The efficient management of nitrogen fertilizer using urea deep placement (UDP) and the use of the water-saving alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation could mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduce environmental pollution. However, there is a dearth of studies on the impacts of UDP and the integrated plant nutrient system (IPNS) which combines poultry manure and prilled urea (PU) with different irrigation regimes on GHG emissions, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and rice yields. We conducted field experiments during the dry seasons of 2018, 2019, and 2020 to compare the effects of four fertilizer treatments including control (no N), PU, UDP, and IPNS in combination with two irrigation systems— (AWD and continuous flooding, CF) on GHG emissions, NUE and rice yield. Fertilizer treatments had significant (p < 0.05) interaction effects with irrigation regimes on methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. PU reduced CH4 and N2O emissions by 6% and 20% compared to IPNS treatment, respectively under AWD irrigation, but produced similar emissions under CF irrigation. Similarly, UDP reduced cumulative CH4 emissions by 9% and 15% under AWD irrigation, and 9% and 11% under CF condition compared to PU and IPNS treatments, respectively. Across the year and fertilizer treatments, AWD irrigation significantly (p < 0.05) reduced cumulative CH4 emissions and GHG intensity by 28%, and 26%, respectively without significant yield loss compared to CF condition. Although AWD irrigation increased cumulative N2O emissions by 73%, it reduced the total global warming potential by 27% compared to CF irrigation. The CH4 emission factor for AWD was lower (1.67 kg ha−1 day−1) compared to CF (2.33 kg ha−1 day−1). Across the irrigation regimes, UDP increased rice yield by 21% and N recovery efficiency by 58% compared to PU. These results suggest that both UDP and AWD irrigation might be considered as a carbon-friendly technology.

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Fertilizer and irrigation interacted significantly for methane emissions.

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“Fertilizer treatments had significant (p < 0.05) interaction effects with irrigation regimes on methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions”

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“rice cultivation”

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Fertilizer and irrigation interacted significantly for nitrous oxide emissions.

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“Fertilizer treatments had significant (p < 0.05) interaction effects with irrigation regimes on methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions”

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PU reduced methane emissions by 6% against IPNS under AWD.

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“PU reduced CH4 and N2O emissions by 6% and 20% compared to IPNS treatment, respectively under AWD irrigation”

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PU reduced nitrous oxide emissions by 20% against IPNS under AWD.

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“PU reduced CH4 and N2O emissions by 6% and 20% compared to IPNS treatment, respectively under AWD irrigation”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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PU and IPNS produced similar emissions under CF.

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“PU reduced CH4 and N2O emissions by 6% and 20% compared to IPNS treatment, respectively under AWD irrigation, but produced similar emissions under CF irrigation”

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UDP reduced CH4 by 9% relative to PU under AWD.

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“UDP reduced cumulative CH4 emissions by 9% and 15% under AWD irrigation, and 9% and 11% under CF condition compared to PU and IPNS treatments, respectively”

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UDP reduced CH4 by 15% relative to IPNS under AWD.

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“UDP reduced cumulative CH4 emissions by 9% and 15% under AWD irrigation, and 9% and 11% under CF condition compared to PU and IPNS treatments, respectively”

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UDP reduced CH4 by 9% relative to PU under CF.

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“UDP reduced cumulative CH4 emissions by 9% and 15% under AWD irrigation, and 9% and 11% under CF condition compared to PU and IPNS treatments, respectively”

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UDP reduced CH4 by 11% relative to IPNS under CF.

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“UDP reduced cumulative CH4 emissions by 9% and 15% under AWD irrigation, and 9% and 11% under CF condition compared to PU and IPNS treatments, respectively”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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AWD reduced cumulative CH4 by 28% versus CF.

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“AWD irrigation significantly (p < 0.05) reduced cumulative CH4 emissions and GHG intensity by 28%, and 26%, respectively without significant yield loss compared to CF condition”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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AWD reduced GHG intensity by 26% versus CF.

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“AWD irrigation significantly (p < 0.05) reduced cumulative CH4 emissions and GHG intensity by 28%, and 26%, respectively without significant yield loss compared to CF condition”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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AWD caused no significant rice yield loss versus CF.

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“without significant yield loss compared to CF condition”

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“rice cultivation”

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“AWD irrigation significantly”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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AWD increased N2O emissions by 73% versus CF.

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“AWD irrigation increased cumulative N2O emissions by 73%, it reduced the total global warming potential by 27% compared to CF irrigation”

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AWD reduced total global warming potential by 27% versus CF.

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“AWD irrigation increased cumulative N2O emissions by 73%, it reduced the total global warming potential by 27% compared to CF irrigation”

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AWD methane emission factor was 1.67 kg ha−1 day−1, below CF.

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“The CH4 emission factor for AWD was lower (1.67 kg ha−1 day−1) compared to CF (2.33 kg ha−1 day−1)”

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UDP increased rice yield by 21% versus PU.

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“UDP increased rice yield by 21% and N recovery efficiency by 58% compared to PU”

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UDP increased nitrogen recovery efficiency by 58% versus PU.

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“UDP increased rice yield by 21% and N recovery efficiency by 58% compared to PU”

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“rice cultivation”

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Authors suggested UDP as a carbon-friendly technology.

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“both UDP and AWD irrigation might be considered as a carbon-friendly technology”

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“rice cultivation”

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Authors suggested AWD irrigation as a carbon-friendly technology.

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“both UDP and AWD irrigation might be considered as a carbon-friendly technology”

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“rice cultivation”

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