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Soil Management and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Agriculture

A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Soils".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2022) | Viewed by 16044

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Prof. Dr. Chang Oh Hong

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Department of Life Science and Environmental Biochemistry, Pusan National University, Miryang 50463, Republic of Korea
Interests: soil; greenhouse gas; nitrous oxide; nitrate leaching; nitrogen; ammonia; fine particulate matter; cadmium; arsenic; phytoavailability
Prof. Dr. Sang Yoon Kim

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Department of Agricultural life Science, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Korea
Interests: GHG emissions; ammonia volatilization; microbial diversity; soil organic matter; carbon cycling; nitrogen cycling; methane dynamics
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of the journal Agriculture entitled “Soil Management and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Agriculture” under the Section Agricultural Soils.

Agricultural soil plays a sink or source role for the global carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) depending on land use and management. There is increased interest in finding methods and soil management practices to minimize C and N depletion in order to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change. An increase in soil C and N quality and quantity can be achieved through the adoption of appropriate soil management practices, including cropping systems, tillage operations, fertilizations, biodiversity, and soil amendments, among others. There is an urgent need to enhance the scientific understanding of source, mechanisms, and processes that deplete the soil organic carbon stock (SOC), mitigate GHC, and increase SOC stabilization with the application of available N. Therefore, knowledge of key factors and processes that promote the stability of soil C and N is crucial to adopt site-specific practices that reduce emission of GHGs.

This Special Issue focuses on the role of different factors in controlling emission of GHGs, including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, and determining global warming potential, with a major emphasis on the best soil management practices, and enabling tools for obtaining high yields. This issue particularly invites highly interdisciplinary studies embracing disciplines from agriculture and soil science to the environment and humans. All types of articles, such as original research and reviews, are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Chang Oh Hong
Prof. Dr. Sang Yoon Kim
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Agriculture is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Prof. Dr. Chang Oh Hong
Prof. Dr. Sang Yoon Kim
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Agriculture is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • greenhouse gas
  • soil management
  • global warming potential
  • soil organic carbon
  • soil nitrogen
  • carbon dioxide
  • methane
  • nitrous oxide
  • fertilization
  • cropping system
  • tillage operation
  • soil amendment
  • crop productivity
  • environment
  • climate change
  • soil properties

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Impact of Climate Change on Cassava Yield in Nigeria: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag Bound Approach
by Casmir Ndukaku Anyaegbu, Kingsley Ezechukwu Okpara, Wirach Taweepreda, David Akeju, Kuaanan Techato, Robert Ugochukwu Onyeneke, Saran Poshyachinda and Siwatt Pongpiachan
Agriculture 2023, 13(1), 80; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13010080 - 27 Dec 2022
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Across the globe, climate change is threatening the environment, crop yield and food security. The key to ensuring a sustainable environment, crop yield increase and food security is to identify the long-term significant impact of climate change and the means of reducing the [...] Read more.
Across the globe, climate change is threatening the environment, crop yield and food security. The key to ensuring a sustainable environment, crop yield increase and food security is to identify the long-term significant impact of climate change and the means of reducing the effect. This study examined the impacts of climate change on cassava yield in Nigeria. Data were sourced from the Climate Change Knowledge Portal and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations spanning from 1990 to 2019. The impact of climate change was analyzed using Autoregressive Distributed Lag Bound approach, Error Correction Model and Augmented Dickey–Fuller and Phillips–Perron tests for stationarity test. The model was subjected to diagnostic tests such as stability tests, normality tests, serial correlation tests and heteroscedasticity tests. With the exception of temperature, the study revealed that arable land, rainfall and greenhouse gases such as C2O, nitrous oxide and methane had a long-term significant impact on cassava yield in Nigeria. The study also noted that methane causes long-term significant damage to cassava yield more than any other greenhouse gas and climatic variables in the study. We recommended policies and programs that facilitate the uptake of climate-smart agriculture that centers on greenhouse gas emission reduction and on crop improvement research by breeding crop varieties that will be resilient to climate shocks. Full article
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Do Metals Increase or Decrease Nitrous Oxide Emissions and Maize Yields from Upland Soils?
by Ye Lim Park, Hyun Ho Lee, Sung Un Kim, Namgoo Kang and Chang Oh Hong
Agriculture 2022, 12(9), 1458; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12091458 - 13 Sep 2022
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Metals, including copper (Cu), iron (Fe), and zinc (Zn), are associated with nitrous oxide (N2O) production processes, such as nitrification and denitrification. This study aimed to elucidate the effects of Cu, Fe, and Zn on N2O emissions and to [...] Read more.
Metals, including copper (Cu), iron (Fe), and zinc (Zn), are associated with nitrous oxide (N2O) production processes, such as nitrification and denitrification. This study aimed to elucidate the effects of Cu, Fe, and Zn on N2O emissions and to determine cumulative N2O emission and crop yields from upland soils. Metals were applied at a rate of 20 kg ha−1 in upland soil supporting maize (Zea mays L.) growth in 2018 and 2019. While the mean value of cumulative N2O emissions across both years was 5.19 kg N2O ha−1 yr−1 for the control soil, those of soil treated with Cu, Fe, and Zn were 3.37, 2.48, and 4.82 kg N2O ha−1 yr−1, respectively. Ammonium (NH4+) concentration in soil was highest after Fe application, and nitrate (NO3−) concentration was lowest. The copy number of the amoA gene related to NH4+ oxidation was lowest after Fe enhancement, implying that nitrification was inhibited. Furthermore, N2O emission decreased with Cu addition because the copy number of the nosZ gene associated with N2O reduction to N2 was the highest. Because Cu and Fe decreased yield-scaled N2O emission, the application of either metal could reduce N2O emission per unit area of maize production, suggesting that both metals are beneficial soil amendments for reducing N2O emissions while maintaining maize yield. Full article
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The Synergetic Effect of Soil Amendments on Reducing Bioavailable Heavy Metals and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Upland Soil
by Young-Kyu Hong, Jin-Wook Kim, Hyuck-Soo Kim, Jae-E. Yang and Sung-Chul Kim
Agriculture 2022, 12(2), 246; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12020246 - 9 Feb 2022
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Heavy metal pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from soil are two major detrimental sources in the agriculture environment because of concerns about crop safety and global warming. Applying amendments on site is a common technique used for heavy metal remediation and the [...] Read more.
Heavy metal pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from soil are two major detrimental sources in the agriculture environment because of concerns about crop safety and global warming. Applying amendments on site is a common technique used for heavy metal remediation and the reduction in GHG emissions. This study aims to evaluate the effect of different amendments on the reduction in both bioavailable heavy metals and GHG emissions from soil. Four different amendments, namely bottom ash (BA), sintered material (SM), sintered material combined with lime (SM + L), and FeO (SM + FeO) were applied to upland fields, followed by maize (Zea mays L.) cultivation from April to October. Subsequently, SM + FeO treatment demonstrated the highest bioavailability reduction efficiency for As at 79.1%, and SM + L treatment had a high efficiency for the reduction in Cd and Pb by 64.6% and 41.4%, respectively. SM + FeO treatment also reduced bioaccumulated As and Pb in maize grain by 59.3% and 66.2%, respectively. Furthermore, SM + FeO treatment demonstrated the highest reduction efficiency for cumulative N2O emissions by 70.7%, compared to the control soil. Among the four different amendments, the efficiency of heavy metal and GHG emission reduction was in the following order: SM + FeO > SM + L > SM > BA. Overall, SM combined with FeO is a promising amendment for reducing and managing both heavy metal pollution and GHG emissions in soil. Full article
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Soil Efflux of Carbon Dioxide in Brazilian Cerrado Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under Variable Soil Preparation and Irrigation
by Wininton M. da Silva, Aloísio Bianchini, Ricardo S. S. Amorim, Eduardo G. Couto, Oscarlina L. dos S. Weber, Aaron Kinyu Hoshide, Pedro S. X. Pereira, Cassiano Cremon and Daniel C. de Abreu
Agriculture 2022, 12(2), 163; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12020163 - 24 Jan 2022
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Soil turning during pre-seeding preparation is meant to loosen and promote physical characteristics responsible for the development of crop roots in soil. In this study, we demonstrate effects of three methods of pre-seeding preparation at two depths of irrigation on carbon dioxide (CO [...] Read more.
Soil turning during pre-seeding preparation is meant to loosen and promote physical characteristics responsible for the development of crop roots in soil. In this study, we demonstrate effects of three methods of pre-seeding preparation at two depths of irrigation on carbon dioxide (CO2) efflux as well as the temporal variability in the distribution of soil carbon. This experiment was conducted at the rural cooperative extension research station in Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso, Brazil, for two wheat production years in 2011 and 2012. The experimental design was randomized in strips, with four repetitions. Wheat was irrigated during the June to early October dry season. The treatments include two methods of soil preparation: traditional preparation with one plowing and two disc harrowings and minimal preparation with one seed bed conditioner pass. A third treatment of direct seeding was also evaluated. Soil CO2 efflux, soil temperature, air-filled soil porosity, and labile carbon were measured. We found soil preparation affects CO2 efflux in irrigated cultivation systems within Brazil’s Cerrado savannah, with conventional tillage having greater CO2 emissions than either reduced tillage or direct seeding. Soil CO2 emissions were lower at 508 mm versus 698 mm irrigation depth, but wheat yields were significantly lower. Full article
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Nitrous Oxide Emission and Crop Yield in Arable Soil Amended with Bottom Ash
by Do-Yeong Hur, Sung-Un Kim, Hyeon-Cheol Park, Keun-Ki Kim, Hong-Ju Son, Kwang-Min Lee, Yu-Jin Kim and Chang-Oh Hong
Agriculture 2021, 11(10), 1012; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11101012 - 16 Oct 2021
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Bottom ash (BA), a byproduct of coal combustion from electric power plants with a porous surface texture and high pH, may influence the physical and chemical properties of upland arable soil associated with nitrous oxide (N2O) emission from upland soil. This [...] Read more.
Bottom ash (BA), a byproduct of coal combustion from electric power plants with a porous surface texture and high pH, may influence the physical and chemical properties of upland arable soil associated with nitrous oxide (N2O) emission from upland soil. This study evaluated the use of BA in mitigating N2O emissions from upland arable soil and increasing the crop yield. In a field experiment, N2O emitted from the soil was monitored weekly in a closed chamber over a 2-year period (2018–2019). BA was applied to upland soil at the rates of 0, 200, and 400 Mg·ha−1. Cumulative N2O emission significantly decreased with increasing BA application rate; it decreased by 55% with a BA application rate of 400 Mg·ha−1 compared with the control. Yield-scaled N2O emission decreased with increasing BA application rates of up to 200 Mg·ha−1. Water-filled pore spaces (WFPS) were 70.2%, 52.9%, and 45.3% at the rates of 0, 200, and 400 Mg·ha−1, respectively, during the growing season. For economic viability and environmental conservation, we suggest that BA application at a rate of 200 Mg·ha−1 reduces N2O emissions per unit of crop production. Full article
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