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Global warming as affected by incorporation of variably aged biomass of hairy vetch for rice cultivation

Md Mozammel Haque A C D , Jatish Chandra Biswas C , Tatoba R. Waghmode A and Pil Joo Kim A B D
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A Division of Applied Life Science (BK 21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, South Korea.

B Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, South Korea.

C Soil Science Division, Bangladesh Rice research Institute, Bangladesh.

D Corresponding authors. Email: mhaquesoil@yahoo.com; pjkim@gnu.ac.kr

Soil Research 54(3) 346-353 https://doi.org/10.1071/SR15061
Submitted: 22 May 2014  Accepted: 27 July 2015   Published: 14 April 2016

Abstract

Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) is cultivated during the cold fallow season in paddy soils of temperate countries such as South Korea and Japan, mostly as animal feed and green manure. Information on the effect of ageing of hairy vetch incorporation in relation to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and global warming potential (GWP) is not available. Therefore, hairy vetch biomass of ages 183, 190, 197, and 204 days was incorporated in paddy soil to estimate GWP during rice cultivation. The emission rates of methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrous oxide (N2O) gases were monitored once a week by using the closed-chamber method. The net ecosystem carbon budget was used to estimate pure CO2 emission fluxes. Biomass production of hairy vetch was 6.5 Mg ha–1 at 204 days, which was similar to other treatments. The GWP was lower with the 204-day-old vetch biomass incorporation than with other treatments. High content of cellulose and lignin in 204-day-old hairy vetch might have affected decomposition rate and subsequently reduced GHGs emissions during rice cultivation. Our results suggest that hairy vetch can be allowed to grow for 204 days before incorporation at 3 Mg ha–1 without sacrificing rice yield, while maximising biomass production and minimising GWP during rice cultivation.

Additional keywords: composition of green manure, greenhouse gas emission, rice field, soil.


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