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Zeolite reduces N leaching and runoff loss while increasing rice yields under alternate wetting and drying irrigation regime

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  • Wang, Yanzhi
  • Chen, Ji
  • Sun, Yidi
  • Jiao, Yanting
  • Yang, Yi
  • Yuan, Xiaoqi
  • Lærke, Poul Erik
  • Wu, Qi
  • Chi, Daocai

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Emerging studies provide promising evidence that applying zeolite combined with water-saving irrigation could effectively retain soil nutrients and increase rice yields. However, the effects of this water-nitrogen management strategy on soil nitrogen (N) loss through leaching and runoff are unclear under field conditions. Herein, we explored the dynamics of N concentrations, quantified soil N losses through leachate and runoff, and investigated the response of reducing N loss on rice yield. A three-year field experiment (2018−2020) was conducted in Donggang city of Liaoning Province in northeast China. The field experiment used a split-plot design, including two irrigation regimes [continuously flooded irrigation (CF) and alternate wetting and drying irrigation (AWD)] as main plots, and two zeolite applications (Z0, no zeolite; Z10, 10 t ha−1 zeolite) as sub-plots, so as to quantify their effects on TN, NH4+-N, NO3−-N loss, and rice yield. Averaged across 3 years, our results showed that AWD reduced the volume of irrigation, leachate, and runoff by 22.2%, 20.8%, and 18.9%, respectively, compared with CF. AWD also decreased the losses of total N (TN), NH4+-N, and NO3−-N by 25.5%, 17.5%, and 11.1% in leachate and by 22.9%, 18.3%, and 26.3% in runoff, respectively, compared with CF. Compared to Z0, Z10 reduced the losses of TN, NH4+-N, and NO3−-N by 16.0%, 16.9%, and 19.4% in leachate and by 10.0%, 14.0%, and 5.9% in runoff, respectively. N output through leaching and runoff under AWD and Z10 was decreased by 2.1% and 2.2%, respectively, compared with CF and Z0. No significant difference was found in rice yield between CF and AWD, whereas rice yields increased 3.3% under Z10 compared with Z0. Altogether, our results highlight that the combination of zeolite and AWD can simultaneously produce more rice yield and reduce soil N losses.

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  • Wang, Yanzhi & Chen, Ji & Sun, Yidi & Jiao, Yanting & Yang, Yi & Yuan, Xiaoqi & Lærke, Poul Erik & Wu, Qi & Chi, Daocai, 2023. "Zeolite reduces N leaching and runoff loss while increasing rice yields under alternate wetting and drying irrigation regime," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 277(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agiwat:v:277:y:2023:i:c:s0378377422006771
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2022.108130
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