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The contribution of agricultural practices to nitrous oxide emissions in semi-arid Mali

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2008.00163.x
 
Title The contribution of agricultural practices to nitrous oxide emissions in semi-arid Mali
 
Creator Dick, J
Kaya, B
Soutoura, M
Skiba, U
Smith, R
Niang, A
Tabo, R
 
Subject Millets
Sorghum
 
Description The yield and flux of nitrous oxide (N2O) emitted from continuous cereals (with and without urea), legumes/cereal in rotation and cereal/legume in rotation all with or without organic manure was monitored from January 2004 to February 2005. All treatments except continuous cereals had phosphate added. The cereal grown July–October in 2003 and 2004 was pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) and the legume was a bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). The 10 m × 10 m plots were established in a semi-arid climate in Mali. The addition of organic manure and both inorganic fertilizers increased yield and N2O emissions. Continuous cereals treated with both organic manure and urea emitted significantly less N2O (882 g N/ha per year) than plots receiving no organic manure(1535 g N/ha per year). Growing N-fixing crops in rotation did not significantly increase N2O emissions. This study supports the new practice of growing cereal and legumes in rotation as an environmentally sustainable system in semi-arid Mali
 
Publisher CAB International Publishing
 
Date 2008
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/6835/1/SoilUseandManagement_24_3_292-301_2008.pdf
Dick, J and Kaya, B and Soutoura, M and Skiba, U and Smith, R and Niang, A and Tabo, R (2008) The contribution of agricultural practices to nitrous oxide emissions in semi-arid Mali. Soil Use and Management, 24 (3). pp. 292-301. ISSN 1475-2743