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Nitrification rates and associated nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils – a synopsis

Ryan Farquharson
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CSIRO Agriculture, PMB2 Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia. Email: ryan.farquharson@csiro.au

Soil Research 54(5) 469-480 https://doi.org/10.1071/SR15304
Submitted: 23 October 2015  Accepted: 15 February 2016   Published: 27 June 2016

Journal Compilation © CSIRO Publishing 2016 Open Access CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

Laboratory incubations were performed to estimate nitrification rates and the associated nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions under aerobic conditions on a range of soils from National Agricultural Nitrous Oxide Research Program field sites. Significant site-to-site variability in nitrification rates and associated N2O emissions was observed under standardised conditions, indicating the need for site-specific model parameterisation. Generally, nitrification rates and N2O emissions increased with higher water content, ammonium concentration and temperature, although there were exceptions. It is recommended that site-specific model parameterisation be informed by such data. Importantly, the ratio of N2O emitted to net nitrified N under aerobic conditions was small (<0.2% for the majority of measurements) but did vary from 0.03% to 1%. Some models now include variation in the proportion of nitrified N emitted as N2O as a function of water content; however, strong support for this was not found across all of our experiments, and the results demonstrate a potential role of pH and ammonium availability. Further research into fluctuating oxygen availability and the coupling of biotic and abiotic processes will be required to progress the process understanding of N2O emissions from nitrification.

Additional keywords: agriculture, ammonia oxidation, modelling, nitrogen.


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