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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 4, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/srep03950
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41230856, 31172033]
- '973' Project [2012CB417105, 2014CB953803]
- Special Fund for the Agricultural Profession [201103039]
- collaborative project between Yara, Norway and China (NFR project) [193601]
- Innovative Group Grant of the National Science Foundation of China [31121062]
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We combine field observations, microcosm, stoichiometry, and molecular and stable isotope techniques to quantify N2O generation processes in an intensively managed low carbon calcareous fluvo-aquic soil. All the evidence points to ammonia oxidation and linked nitrifier denitrification (ND) being the major processes generating N2O. When NH4+-based fertilizers are applied the soil will produce high N2O peaks which are inhibited almost completely by adding nitrification inhibitors. During ammonia oxidation with high NH4+ concentrations (>80 mg N kg(-1)) the soil matrix will actively consume oxygen and accumulate high concentrations of NO2-, leading to suboxic conditions inducing ND. Calculated N2O isotopomer data show that nitrification and ND accounted for 35-53% and 44-58% of total N2O emissions, respectively. We propose that slowing down nitrification and avoiding high ammonium concentrations in the soil matrix are important measures to reduce N2O emissions per unit of NH4+-based N input from this type of intensively managed soil globally.
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