Effects of hotter, drier conditions on gaseous losses from nitrogen fertilisers

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dc.contributor.authorDrame, Marieme
dc.contributor.authorCarswell, Alison
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, William
dc.contributor.authorHood, Jess
dc.contributor.authorJemo, Martin
dc.contributor.authorHeuer, Sigrid
dc.contributor.authorKirk, Guy
dc.contributor.authorPawlett, Mark
dc.contributor.authorMisselbrook, Tom
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-16T10:26:48Z
dc.date.available2023-08-16T10:26:48Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-26
dc.description.abstractGlobal warming is expected to cause hotter, drier summers and more extreme weather events including heat waves and droughts. A little understood aspect of this is its effects on the efficacy of fertilisers and related nutrient losses into the environment. We explored the effects of high soil temperature (>25 °C) and low soil moisture (<40% water filled pore space; WFPS) on emissions of ammonia (NH3) and nitrous oxide (N2O) following application of urea to soil and the efficacy of urease inhibitors (UI) in slowing N losses. We incubated soil columns at three temperatures (15, 25, 35 °C) and three soil moisture contents (20, 40, 60% WFPS) with urea applied on the soil surface with and without UIs, and measured NH3 and N2O emissions using chambers placed over the columns. Four fertiliser treatments were applied in triplicate in a randomised complete block design: (1) urea; (2) urea with a single UI (N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT); (3) urea with two UI (NBPT and N-(n-propyl) thiophosphoric triamide; NPPT); and (4) a zero N control. Inclusion of UI with urea, relative to urea alone, delayed and reduced peak NH3 emissions. However, the efficacy of UI was reduced with increasing temperature and decreasing soil moisture. Cumulative NH3 emission did not differ between the two UI treatments for a given set of conditions and was reduced by 22–87% compared with urea alone. Maximum cumulative NH3 emission occurred at 35 °C and 20% WFPS, accounting for 31% of the applied N for the urea treatment and 25%, on average for the UI treatments. Urease inhibitors did not influence N2O emissions; however, there were interactive impacts of temperature and moisture, with higher cumulative emissions at 40% WFPS and 15 and 25 °C accounting for 1.85–2.62% of the applied N, whereas at 35 °C there was greater N2O emission at 60% WFPS. Our results suggest that inclusion of UI with urea effectively reduces NH3 losses at temperatures reaching 35 °C, although overall effectiveness decreases with increasing temperature, particularly under low soil moisture conditions.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationDrame M, Carswell A, Roberts W, et al., (2023) Effects of hotter, drier conditions on gaseous losses from nitrogen fertilisers. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 345, November 2023, Article number 118671en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0301-4797
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118671
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/20100
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectNitrogen fertiliseren_UK
dc.subjectUreaseen_UK
dc.subjectGreenhouse gasen_UK
dc.subjectAmmonia mitigationen_UK
dc.titleEffects of hotter, drier conditions on gaseous losses from nitrogen fertilisersen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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