Global warming potential of agricultural systems with contrasting tillage and residue management in the central highlands of Mexico

Conservation agriculture based on (1) minimal soil movement, (2) retention of rational amounts of crop residue, (3) economically viable crop rotations restores soil fertility. Conservation agriculture improves soil characteristics, but it remains to be seen how zero tillage (ZT) affected greenhouse...

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Autores principales: Dendooven, Luc, Patiño-Zúñiga L, Verhulst, Nele, Luna Guido M, Marsch R, Govaerts, Bram
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Publicado: Elsevier 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34951
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author Dendooven, Luc
Patiño-Zúñiga L
Verhulst, Nele
Luna Guido M
Marsch R
Govaerts, Bram
author_browse Dendooven, Luc
Govaerts, Bram
Luna Guido M
Marsch R
Patiño-Zúñiga L
Verhulst, Nele
author_facet Dendooven, Luc
Patiño-Zúñiga L
Verhulst, Nele
Luna Guido M
Marsch R
Govaerts, Bram
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description Conservation agriculture based on (1) minimal soil movement, (2) retention of rational amounts of crop residue, (3) economically viable crop rotations restores soil fertility. Conservation agriculture improves soil characteristics, but it remains to be seen how zero tillage (ZT) affected greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and the global warming potential (GWP) compared to conventional tillage (CT) when crop residue was kept or removed in a maize-wheat crop rotation since 1991. The soil organic C content in the 0–60 cm layer was larger in ZT (117.7 Mg C ha−1) compared to CT (76.8 Mg C ha−1) when residue was retained, but similar when it was removed. Tillage and residue management had only a small effect on GWP of the GHG emissions. However, the C sequestered in the 0–60 cm was affected by tillage and crop residue management, resulting in a negative net GWP for ZT with crop residue retention (−6.277 Mg CO2 ha−1 y−1) whereas in the other management practices it ranged from 1.288 to 1.885 Mg CO2 ha−1 y−1. It was found that cultivation technique had little effect on the GWP of the GHG, but had a large effect on C sequestered in the 0–60 cm layer and the net GWP.
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spelling CGSpace349512024-03-10T07:22:34Z Global warming potential of agricultural systems with contrasting tillage and residue management in the central highlands of Mexico Dendooven, Luc Patiño-Zúñiga L Verhulst, Nele Luna Guido M Marsch R Govaerts, Bram agriculture climate zero tillage greenhouse gases carbon sequestration ecology Conservation agriculture based on (1) minimal soil movement, (2) retention of rational amounts of crop residue, (3) economically viable crop rotations restores soil fertility. Conservation agriculture improves soil characteristics, but it remains to be seen how zero tillage (ZT) affected greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and the global warming potential (GWP) compared to conventional tillage (CT) when crop residue was kept or removed in a maize-wheat crop rotation since 1991. The soil organic C content in the 0–60 cm layer was larger in ZT (117.7 Mg C ha−1) compared to CT (76.8 Mg C ha−1) when residue was retained, but similar when it was removed. Tillage and residue management had only a small effect on GWP of the GHG emissions. However, the C sequestered in the 0–60 cm was affected by tillage and crop residue management, resulting in a negative net GWP for ZT with crop residue retention (−6.277 Mg CO2 ha−1 y−1) whereas in the other management practices it ranged from 1.288 to 1.885 Mg CO2 ha−1 y−1. It was found that cultivation technique had little effect on the GWP of the GHG, but had a large effect on C sequestered in the 0–60 cm layer and the net GWP. 2012-05 2014-02-19T07:59:24Z 2014-02-19T07:59:24Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34951 en Limited Access Elsevier Dendooven L, Patiño-Zúñiga L, Verhulst N, Luna-Guido M, Marsch R, Govaerts B. 2012. Global warming potential of agricultural systems with contrasting tillage and residue management in the central highlands of Mexico. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 152: 50-58.
spellingShingle agriculture
climate
zero tillage
greenhouse gases
carbon sequestration
ecology
Dendooven, Luc
Patiño-Zúñiga L
Verhulst, Nele
Luna Guido M
Marsch R
Govaerts, Bram
Global warming potential of agricultural systems with contrasting tillage and residue management in the central highlands of Mexico
title Global warming potential of agricultural systems with contrasting tillage and residue management in the central highlands of Mexico
title_full Global warming potential of agricultural systems with contrasting tillage and residue management in the central highlands of Mexico
title_fullStr Global warming potential of agricultural systems with contrasting tillage and residue management in the central highlands of Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Global warming potential of agricultural systems with contrasting tillage and residue management in the central highlands of Mexico
title_short Global warming potential of agricultural systems with contrasting tillage and residue management in the central highlands of Mexico
title_sort global warming potential of agricultural systems with contrasting tillage and residue management in the central highlands of mexico
topic agriculture
climate
zero tillage
greenhouse gases
carbon sequestration
ecology
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34951
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