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Investigation into runoff nitrogen loss variations due to different crop residue retention modes and nitrogen fertilizer rates in rice-wheat cropping systems

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  • Zhang, Shijie
  • Zhang, Gang
  • Wang, Dejian
  • Liu, Qin
  • Xu, Min

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Crop residue retention has been established as an effective conservation tillage practice for decreasing nitrogen (N) runoff losses and increasing crop production. However, the impacts on N runoff losses from annual rice-wheat rotation are not well understood, which has prevented identification of optimal straw retention practice. Herein, N dynamics and losses in the runoff, crop yields, and soil properties were assessed for two years in a rice-wheat system after implementing straw return for five consecutive years. The field experiment included six treatments—N1, WN1, RN1: recommended N application with no straw, wheat straw, and rice straw return, respectively; and SN0, SN1, and SN2: both wheat and rice straw return with zero, recommended, and custom N addition, respectively. The results showed that NH4+-N and NO3--N were the major forms of N loads discharged during the rice and wheat season, respectively. The total N loss (TN, P < 0.001) and mean annual crop yield (rice and wheat, P < 0.01) significantly increased as the N fertilizer rate increased. With respect to crop residue retention modes, the cumulative TN loss and mean annual crop yield trends were: N1 > RN1 >WN1 >SN1 (P < 0.05) and SN1 ≥RN1 >WN1 ≈N1 (P < 0.05), respectively. During a one-year rice-wheat rotation cycle, the treatments with simultaneous incorporation of crop residue and N fertilizer reduced N runoff loss by 2.7–20.9% (P < 0.05) and increased crop yield by 8.7–16.9% (P < 0.05), of which the SN1 treatment was found to be the most effective. The straw-induced reducing effect occurred only during the base and tiller fertilization stages of the rice growing period, which was primarily regulated by soil inorganic nitrogen (SIN), soil organic carbon (SOC), and pH during the rice tiller stage. Our findings indicate that straw return decreases N runoff loss by mediating factors in soil and standing water. In order to reduce N runoff loss without jeopardizing crop yield, the practice of double seasons straw retention with recommended N application (SN1) is suggested in the rice-wheat rotation cropping system in southern China.

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  • Zhang, Shijie & Zhang, Gang & Wang, Dejian & Liu, Qin & Xu, Min, 2021. "Investigation into runoff nitrogen loss variations due to different crop residue retention modes and nitrogen fertilizer rates in rice-wheat cropping systems," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 247(C).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:agiwat:v:247:y:2021:i:c:s0378377420322733
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106729
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    1. Raymond Mugandani & Liboster Mwadzingeni & Paramu Mafongoya, 2021. "Contribution of Conservation Agriculture to Soil Security," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(17), pages 1-11, September.
    2. Wang, Yanzhi & Chen, Ji & Sun, Yidi & Jiao, Yanting & Yang, Yi & Yuan, Xiaoqi & Lærke, Poul Erik & Wu, Qi & Chi, Daocai, 2023. "Zeolite reduces N leaching and runoff loss while increasing rice yields under alternate wetting and drying irrigation regime," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 277(C).
    3. Jiao Lyu & Xinyi Wang & Shengnan Hou & Anwar Zeb & Hui Zhu & Yingying Xu, 2023. "Content Variation and Potential Runoff Loss Risk of Nutrients in Surface Water of Saline-Alkali Paddy in Response to the Application of Different Nitrogen Fertilizer Types," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-16, April.

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