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Li M, Li C, Liu M, Xiong T, Wu X, Tang Y. Balancing grain yield and environmental performance by optimizing planting patterns of rice-wheat cropping systems. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 906:167813. [PMID: 37852482 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
Abstract
To alleviate the adverse consequences of conventional planting of the rice-wheat cropping system and achieve long-term sustainability, a 3-cycle experiment (2019-2022) was conducted to investigate the effects of six planting patterns (PPs) on the grain yield and environmental performance. PP1 entailed annual rotary tillage (RT) without straw returning but without fertilization for rice and wheat seasons. PP2 was the same as PP1 but involved fertilization. PP3 was the same as PP2 but included straw return. PP4 entailed rice planting the same as in PP3, but with innovative zero-tillage (ZT) seeding technology for wheat planting. PP5 entailed wheat planting the same as in PP4, but with rice planting involving direct paddy seeding under RT. PP6 entailed wheat planting the same as in PP4, but rice planting followed dry direct seeding under ZT. The results showed that the average total yield under PP2, PP3, PP4, PP5, and PP6 was 64 %, 54 %, 69 %, 51 %, and 54 % higher than that under PP1, respectively. The highest methane and nitrous oxide emissions occurred under PP4 and PP6, respectively. When soil organic carbon changes were included in the calculations, the carbon footprint per unit area (CFA) was sharply reduced under PP4 and PP6, and the highest CFA was achieved under PP1, followed by PP2. Implementing annual RT promoted soil mineral nitrogen accumulation under PP2 and PP3 after wheat harvest, increasing the risk of mineral nitrogen leaching and the nitrogen footprint per unit area than that under the other PPs. PP4 exhibited the highest ammonia volatilization, which was offset by reduced mineral nitrogen leaching. Overall, PP4 exhibited a yearly increase in the comprehensive scores obtained via Z-score analysis and yielded the highest score in the last year due to the highest annual grain yield, steady SOC increase, and lower nitrogen loss.
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- Ming Li
- Crop Research Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Environment-friendly Crop Germplasm Innovation and Genetic Improvement Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, 610066 Chengdu, China
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- Crop Research Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Environment-friendly Crop Germplasm Innovation and Genetic Improvement Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, 610066 Chengdu, China; Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southwestern China (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs)/Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Water-Saving Agriculture in Hill Areas of Southern China, 610066 Chengdu, China
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- Crop Research Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Environment-friendly Crop Germplasm Innovation and Genetic Improvement Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, 610066 Chengdu, China; Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southwestern China (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs)/Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Water-Saving Agriculture in Hill Areas of Southern China, 610066 Chengdu, China
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- Crop Research Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Environment-friendly Crop Germplasm Innovation and Genetic Improvement Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, 610066 Chengdu, China
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- Crop Research Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Environment-friendly Crop Germplasm Innovation and Genetic Improvement Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, 610066 Chengdu, China; Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southwestern China (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs)/Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Water-Saving Agriculture in Hill Areas of Southern China, 610066 Chengdu, China.
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- Crop Research Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Environment-friendly Crop Germplasm Innovation and Genetic Improvement Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, 610066 Chengdu, China; Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southwestern China (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs)/Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Water-Saving Agriculture in Hill Areas of Southern China, 610066 Chengdu, China.
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Zhou W, Long W, Wang H, Long P, Xu Y, Zhong K, Xiong R, Xie F, Chen F, Fu Z. Reducing carbon footprints and increasing net ecosystem economic benefits through dense planting with less nitrogen in double-cropping rice systems. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 891:164756. [PMID: 37295517 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Excessive application of nitrogen fertilization in farmland systems can cause nitrogen wastage, environmental pollution, and increase greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Dense planting is one of the efficient strategies for nitrogen fertilizer reduction within rice production. However, there are paying weak attention to the integrative effect of dense planting with less nitrogen (DPLN) on carbon footprint (CF), net ecosystem economic benefit (NEEB) and its components in double-cropping rice systems. Herein, this work aims to elucidate the effect via field experiments in double-cropping rice cultivation region with the treatments set to conventional cultivation (CK), three treatments of DPLN (DR1, 14 % nitrogen reduction and 40,000 hills per ha density increase from CK; DR2, 28 % nitrogen reduction and 80,000 hills density increase; DR3, 42 % nitrogen reduction and 120,000 hills density increase), and one treatment of no nitrogen (N0). Results showed that DPLN significantly reduced average CH4 emissions by 7.56 %-36 %, while increasing annual rice yield by 2.16 %-12.37 % compared to CK. Furthermore, the paddy ecosystem under DPLN served as a carbon sink. Compared with CK, DR3 increased gross primary productivity (GPP) by 16.04 % while decreasing direct GHG emissions by 13.1 %. The highest NEEB was observed in DR3, which was 25.38 % greater than CK and 1.04-fold higher than N0. Therefore, direct GHG emissions and carbon fixation of GPP were key contributors to CF in double-cropping rice systems. Our results verified that optimizing DPLN strategies can effectively increase economic benefits and reduce net GHG emissions. DR3 achieved an optimal synergy between reducing CF and enhancing NEEB in double-cropping rice systems.
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- Wentao Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Molecular Biology Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Molecular Biology Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Molecular Biology Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Molecular Biology Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Molecular Biology Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Molecular Biology Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Molecular Biology Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Molecular Biology Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Molecular Biology Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Molecular Biology Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
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Yue Q, Sheng J, Cheng K, Zhang Y, Guo Z, Sun G, Wang S. Sustainability assessment on paddy-upland crop rotations by carbon, nitrogen and water footprint integrated analysis: A field scale investigation. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 339:117879. [PMID: 37068399 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Nutrients of carbon, nitrogen and water of farmland ecosystem are essential foundation to guarantee crop production, but also environmental flows associated greenhouse gas (GHG), reactive nitrogen (Nr) releases, and water consumption. Their flow characteristics serve as a crucial starting point for creating efficient management practices and mitigation measures. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to quantify the carbon footprint (CF), nitrogen footprint (NF), water footprint (WF), and comprehensive environmental footprint (ComF) of six paddy-upland rotation systems, including fallow-paddy rice (FA-PR), Chinese milk vetch-paddy rice (CMV-PR), wheat-paddy rice (WH-PR), rapeseed-paddy rice (RA-PR), green forage wheat-paddy rice (WF-PR), and vicia faba bean-paddy rice (FB-PR), as well as to analysis their relationships and define driving factors. Results showed that the lowest area-scaled CF of 3.74 t CO2-eq ha-1 were observed in the CMV-PR rotation, which were 41% lower than that for WH-PR (the highest CF, 9.13 t CO2-eq ha-1) when soil carbon change was taken into account. It is of importance that soil carbon sequestration in CMV-PR rotation could offset up to around 57% of its CF, while the WH-PR rotation only offset 25%. The RA-PR rotation had the highest area-scaled NF and WF, which was 1.8 and 1.9 times greater than those of the lowest rotation in FA-PR. In terms of comprehensive environmental effects, the six rotation systems showed the order of FA-PR < CMV-PR < FB-PR < RA-PR < WF-PR < WH-PR, with NH3 volatilization accounting 60.7%-66.7% and blue-green WF for 17.5%-26.6% of the total. Therefore, priority should be given to optimizing N fertilizer application and water consumption for paddy-upland rotation systems. The study also suggested that appropriate inter-annual adjustment of rotation system could contribute to achieving GHG mitigations and Nr losses.
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- Qian Yue
- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/ Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in Downstream of Yangtze Plain, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Nanjing, 210014, China.
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/ Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in Downstream of Yangtze Plain, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Nanjing, 210014, China.
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- Institute of Resource, Ecosystem and Environment of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/ Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in Downstream of Yangtze Plain, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/ Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in Downstream of Yangtze Plain, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/ Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in Downstream of Yangtze Plain, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/ Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in Downstream of Yangtze Plain, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Nanjing, 210014, China
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Zhang M, Han X, Dang P, Wang H, Chen Y, Qin X, Siddique KHM. Decreased carbon footprint and increased grain yield under ridge-furrow plastic film mulch with ditch-buried straw returning: A sustainable option for spring maize production in China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 838:156412. [PMID: 35660437 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Revised: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Ditch-buried straw returning with ridge-furrow plastic film mulch (RP+S) is a novel tillage measure in semiarid regions, but it is unclear whether RP+S can increase maize yield while reducing the carbon footprint (CF). Therefore, a six-year continuous experiment was conducted from 2016 to 2021 to quantify the effect of four straw returning and film mulching measures [conventional flat cultivation (CK), conventional flat cultivation with ditch-buried straw returning (CK+S), ridge-furrow plastic film mulch (RP), and RP+S] on soil organic carbon sequestration (SOCS), greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, CF, and economic benefits. Straw returning and film mulching measures significantly increased total GHG emissions across the six seasons. For all treatments, nitrogen fertilizer was the most important source of GHG emissions (≥73%), followed by diesel (8-11%) and plastic film (8%, RP and RP+S only). RP+S significantly increased yield and partial factor productivity of nitrogen fertilizer by 8.7-59.1%, and net economic benefit by 7.37-57.76%, but decreased CF by 34-61% and CF per net return by 33-61% relative to the other treatments. RP+S had the highest GHG emissions, increasing by 6.11-16.47% relative to the other treatments. However, compared with the initial 0-40 cm SOCS in 2016, RP+S had the highest carbon sequestration rate (678.17 kg·ha-1·yr-1), increasing by 2.29% after six years, followed by CK+S (1.78%), CK (0.89%), and RP (-0.49%). Thus, RP+S had the lowest CF and CF per net return in four treatments. This comprehensive analysis of agronomic and environmental benefits revealed that RP+S is a high-yielding, economically and environmentally friendly measure in semiarid areas.
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- Miaomiao Zhang
- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Crop Physi-ecology and Tillage Science in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture and School of Agriculture & Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6001, Australia
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Gao J, Xu C, Luo N, Liu X, Huang S, Wang P. Mitigating global warming potential while coordinating economic benefits by optimizing irrigation managements in maize production. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 298:113474. [PMID: 34364244 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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China is the second largest irrigated country in the world. Increasing irrigation intensity costs more water and energy, and produces more greenhouse gas (GHG). In the present study, the responses of maize economic and environmental benefits to different irrigation managements were analyzed in a 2-year field study. A purposely designed tube-study was conducted to explore mechanism underlying effects of irrigation managements in detail. Three treatments, rainfed (RF), flood irrigation (FI), and drip irrigation (DI) were included in the field. Five treatments, no irrigation, flood irrigation, irrigation in 0-30, 30-60, and 0-90 cm depth were conducted in the tube study. Compared to RF, grain yields of FI and DI significantly increased by 22.1 % and 35.7 %, respectively, the net ecosystem economic budget significantly increased by 34.2 % and 35.6 %, and carbon footprint decreased by 7.0 % and 12.7 % in the field study. The irrigation treatments in the tube study increased the global warming potential by 12.0-32.8 % and grain yield by 44.5-203.9 %, and reduced GHG intensity by 24.3-57.4 %, compared with no irrigation treatment. Water content at the top soil layer had the greatest impact on GHG emissions. In conclusion, the differences in grain yield and GHG emissions among irrigation managements are mainly due to the soil water content in space and time. Drip irrigation decreases GHG intensity by producing more grain yield due to the optimized soil water distribution in the root zone. Irrigation management with appropriate amount and frequency can increase economic benefit and reduce environmental cost in maize production.
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- Jia Gao
- China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, PR China.
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- China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, PR China.
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- China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, PR China.
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- China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, PR China.
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- China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, PR China.
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- China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, PR China.
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