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Effect of Biochar Amendment on Methane Emissions from Paddy Field under Water-Saving Irrigation

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  • Yanan Xiao

    (College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China)

  • Shihong Yang

    (College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
    State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China)

  • Junzeng Xu

    (College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
    State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China)

  • Jie Ding

    (College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China)

  • Xiao Sun

    (College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China)

  • Zewei Jiang

    (College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China)

Abstract

Biochar has been proposed as a new countermeasure to mitigate climate change because of its potential in inhibiting greenhouse gas emissions from farmlands. A field experiment was conducted in Taihu Lake region in China to assess the effects of rice-straw biochar amendment on methane (CH 4 ) emissions from paddy fields under water-saving irrigation using three treatments, namely, control with no amendment (C0), 20 t ha −1 (C20), and 40 t ha −1 rice-straw biochar amendments (C40). Results showed that biochar application significantly decreased CH 4 emissions by 29.7% and 15.6% at C20 and C40 biochar addition level, respectively. C20 significantly increased soil dissolved organic carbon, total nitrogen, and NH 4 + -N by 79.5, 24.5, and 47.7%, respectively, and decreased NO 3 − -N by 30.4% compared with C0. On the other hand, no significant difference was observed in soil pH and soil organic carbon in all treatments. C20 and C40 significantly increased and decreased soil oxidation-reduction potential, respectively. Compared with C0, rice yield and irrigation water productivity significantly increased by 24.0% and 33.4% and 36.3% and 42.5% for C20 and C40, respectively. Thus, rice-straw biochar amendment and water-saving irrigation technology can inhibit CH 4 emissions while increasing rice yield and irrigation water productivity. The effects of increasing rice yield and irrigation water productivity were more remarkable for C40, but C20 was more effective in mitigating CH 4 emission.

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  • Yanan Xiao & Shihong Yang & Junzeng Xu & Jie Ding & Xiao Sun & Zewei Jiang, 2018. "Effect of Biochar Amendment on Methane Emissions from Paddy Field under Water-Saving Irrigation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-13, April.
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