Improving nitrogen use efficiency with minimal environmental risks using an active canopy sensor in a wheat-maize cropping system

被引:60
作者
Cao, Qiang [1 ,2 ]
Miao, Yuxin [1 ,3 ]
Feng, Guohui [4 ]
Gao, Xiaowei [1 ]
Liu, Bin [1 ]
Liu, Yuqing [1 ]
Li, Fei [5 ]
Khosla, Raj [6 ]
Mulla, David J. [3 ]
Zhang, Fusuo [1 ]
机构
[1] China Agr Univ, Int Ctr Agroinformat & Sustainable Dev, Coll Resources & Environm Sci, Beijing 100193, Peoples R China
[2] Nanjing Agr Univ, Natl Engn & Technol Ctr Informat Agr, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Minnesota, Precis Agr Ctr, St Paul, MN 55108 USA
[4] Qingfeng Farm, Dept Agr, Hulin 158421, Heilongjiang, Peoples R China
[5] Inner Mongolia Agr Univ, Coll Ecol & Environm Sci, Hohhot 010019, Inner Mongolia, Peoples R China
[6] Colorado State Univ, Dept Soil & Crop Sci, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
In-season nitrogen management; Precision agriculture; Nitrate leaching; Greenhouse gas emission; Sustainable development; Intensive agriculture; GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS; ON-FARM EVALUATION; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION; FOOD SECURITY; WINTER-WHEAT; MANAGEMENT; YIELD; GRAIN; CORN;
D O I
10.1016/j.fcr.2017.09.033
中图分类号
S3 [农学(农艺学)];
学科分类号
0901 ;
摘要
Nitrogen (N) management needs to be significantly improved to address the triple challenge of global food security, environmental pollution and climate change. In addition to being site-specific, dynamic in-season management is needed to respond to temporal variability in soil N supply and crop N demand. Active canopy sensor-based precision N management (CS-PNM) aims to match N supply with crop N demand in both space and time. Studies that systematically compare this strategy with other N management strategies are limited, especially in intensively farmed regions of developing countries. The objective of this study was to compare CS-PNM strategy in terms of agronomic and environmental impacts in comparison with farmer's N practice, regional optimum N management, modified Green Window-based N Management and soil test-based in-season root zone N management for an intensive winter wheat (Triticum aestivwn L.) and summer maize (Zea mays L.) rotation system in North China Plain. A field experiment was conducted from 2008 to 2012 in Quzhou, Hebei Province of China to evaluate these systems. The CS-PNM strategy was consistently better for both crops than the other tested strategies. In comparison with farmer's practice and regional optimum N management, the CS-PNM strategy reduced N fertilizer applications by 62% and 36%, increased N use efficiencies by 68-123% and 20-61%, decreased apparent total N losses by 81% and 57%, and lowered intensities of total N2O emission, greenhouse gas emission and reactive N losses by 54-68% and 20-42%, respectively. Here we demonstrate that relative to current N management strategies, the CS-PNM strategy has significant potential to improve N use efficiencies and mitigate environmental degradation for sustainable intensification of agriculture in developing countries.
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页码:365 / 372
页数:8
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