Enhancing Sustainability in Intensive Dill Cropping: Comparative Effects of Biobased Fertilizers vs. Inorganic Commodities on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Crop Yield, and Soil Properties
The treatment and valorization of organic solid waste has become a promising alternative to increase intensive crop productivity while reducing its environmental impact. Currently, reusing improved organic waste as novel biofertilizers is a vital tool to adapt semiarid agricultural regions to climat...
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| author | Martínez-Sabater, Encarnación Pérez-Murcia, María Dolores Andreu-Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Orden, Luciano Agulló, Enrique Sáez-Tovar, José Martínez-Tome, Juan Bustamante, María Ángeles Moral, Raúl |
| author_browse | Agulló, Enrique Andreu-Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Bustamante, María Ángeles Martínez-Sabater, Encarnación Martínez-Tome, Juan Moral, Raúl Orden, Luciano Pérez-Murcia, María Dolores Sáez-Tovar, José |
| author_facet | Martínez-Sabater, Encarnación Pérez-Murcia, María Dolores Andreu-Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Orden, Luciano Agulló, Enrique Sáez-Tovar, José Martínez-Tome, Juan Bustamante, María Ángeles Moral, Raúl |
| author_sort | Martínez-Sabater, Encarnación |
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| description | The treatment and valorization of organic solid waste has become a promising alternative to increase intensive crop productivity while reducing its environmental impact. Currently, reusing improved organic waste as novel biofertilizers is a vital tool to adapt semiarid agricultural regions to climate change, but this has been scarcely studied in aromatic crops. The present study aims to assess the greenhouse gas emissions, soil properties, and crop yield of a dill crop using a drip irrigation system with a normalized N application rate of 160 kg N ha−1. We compare eight different fertilizing scenarios grouped into organic-based (manures and compost) and inorganic-based inputs (NPK commodities and slow-release formulations). GHG fluxes were measured during the 57-day fertigation period using static chambers. Key soil properties were measured previous to fertilizer applications and at harvest, coinciding with crop yield estimations. An increase in soil organic carbon was observed with stabilized organic treatments at 0–20 cm soil depth. The results show that stabilized organic-based materials lowered NO3− concentrations in dill biomass more than synthetic fertilizers, producing similar yields to those with synthetic fertilizers. In general, N2O emissions were positively affected by the treatments. Local specific emission factors for N2O were determined (0.08%), which were substantially lower than the default value (0.51%) of IPCC. The cumulative CO2 emissions were high in all the organic scenarios compared to the control treatment (277 kg C-CO2 ha−1), probably due to differences in labile organic C contents. Organic-based treatments showed multiple positive effects on crop quality, crop yields, and GHG mitigation potential. The use of organic amendments is an optimized N fertilizing strategy to promote circular economy and sustainability. |
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| spelling | INTA132422022-10-27T14:15:37Z Enhancing Sustainability in Intensive Dill Cropping: Comparative Effects of Biobased Fertilizers vs. Inorganic Commodities on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Crop Yield, and Soil Properties Martínez-Sabater, Encarnación Pérez-Murcia, María Dolores Andreu-Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Orden, Luciano Agulló, Enrique Sáez-Tovar, José Martínez-Tome, Juan Bustamante, María Ángeles Moral, Raúl Anethum graveolens Eneldo Enmiendas Orgánicas Rendimiento de Cultivos Propiedades Físico-Químicas Suelo Explotación Agrícola Intensiva Riego Dill Organic Amendments Crop Yield Soil Chemicophysical Properties Intensive Farming Irrigation The treatment and valorization of organic solid waste has become a promising alternative to increase intensive crop productivity while reducing its environmental impact. Currently, reusing improved organic waste as novel biofertilizers is a vital tool to adapt semiarid agricultural regions to climate change, but this has been scarcely studied in aromatic crops. The present study aims to assess the greenhouse gas emissions, soil properties, and crop yield of a dill crop using a drip irrigation system with a normalized N application rate of 160 kg N ha−1. We compare eight different fertilizing scenarios grouped into organic-based (manures and compost) and inorganic-based inputs (NPK commodities and slow-release formulations). GHG fluxes were measured during the 57-day fertigation period using static chambers. Key soil properties were measured previous to fertilizer applications and at harvest, coinciding with crop yield estimations. An increase in soil organic carbon was observed with stabilized organic treatments at 0–20 cm soil depth. The results show that stabilized organic-based materials lowered NO3− concentrations in dill biomass more than synthetic fertilizers, producing similar yields to those with synthetic fertilizers. In general, N2O emissions were positively affected by the treatments. Local specific emission factors for N2O were determined (0.08%), which were substantially lower than the default value (0.51%) of IPCC. The cumulative CO2 emissions were high in all the organic scenarios compared to the control treatment (277 kg C-CO2 ha−1), probably due to differences in labile organic C contents. Organic-based treatments showed multiple positive effects on crop quality, crop yields, and GHG mitigation potential. The use of organic amendments is an optimized N fertilizing strategy to promote circular economy and sustainability. EEA Hilario Ascasubi Fil: Martínez-Sabater, Encarnación. Universidad Miguel Hernández. Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental; España Fil: Pérez-Murcia, María Dolores. Universidad Miguel Hernández. Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental; España Fil: Andreu-Rodríguez, Francisco Javier. Universidad Miguel Hernández. Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental; España Fil: Orden, Luciano. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Hilario Ascasubi; Argentina Fil: Orden, Luciano. Universidad Miguel Hernández. Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental; España Fil: Agulló, Enrique. Universidad Miguel Hernández. Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental; España Fil: Sáez-Tovar, José. Universidad Miguel Hernández. Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental; España Fil: Martínez-Tome, Juan. Universidad Miguel Hernández. Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental; España Fil: Bustamante, María Ángeles. Universidad Miguel Hernández. Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental; España Fil: Moral, Raúl. Universidad Miguel Hernández. Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental; España 2022-10-27T14:11:11Z 2022-10-27T14:11:11Z 2022 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/13242 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/9/2124 2073-4395 https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12092124 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf MDPI Agronomy 12 (9) : 2124 (September 2022) |
| spellingShingle | Anethum graveolens Eneldo Enmiendas Orgánicas Rendimiento de Cultivos Propiedades Físico-Químicas Suelo Explotación Agrícola Intensiva Riego Dill Organic Amendments Crop Yield Soil Chemicophysical Properties Intensive Farming Irrigation Martínez-Sabater, Encarnación Pérez-Murcia, María Dolores Andreu-Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Orden, Luciano Agulló, Enrique Sáez-Tovar, José Martínez-Tome, Juan Bustamante, María Ángeles Moral, Raúl Enhancing Sustainability in Intensive Dill Cropping: Comparative Effects of Biobased Fertilizers vs. Inorganic Commodities on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Crop Yield, and Soil Properties |
| title | Enhancing Sustainability in Intensive Dill Cropping: Comparative Effects of Biobased Fertilizers vs. Inorganic Commodities on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Crop Yield, and Soil Properties |
| title_full | Enhancing Sustainability in Intensive Dill Cropping: Comparative Effects of Biobased Fertilizers vs. Inorganic Commodities on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Crop Yield, and Soil Properties |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing Sustainability in Intensive Dill Cropping: Comparative Effects of Biobased Fertilizers vs. Inorganic Commodities on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Crop Yield, and Soil Properties |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing Sustainability in Intensive Dill Cropping: Comparative Effects of Biobased Fertilizers vs. Inorganic Commodities on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Crop Yield, and Soil Properties |
| title_short | Enhancing Sustainability in Intensive Dill Cropping: Comparative Effects of Biobased Fertilizers vs. Inorganic Commodities on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Crop Yield, and Soil Properties |
| title_sort | enhancing sustainability in intensive dill cropping comparative effects of biobased fertilizers vs inorganic commodities on greenhouse gas emissions crop yield and soil properties |
| topic | Anethum graveolens Eneldo Enmiendas Orgánicas Rendimiento de Cultivos Propiedades Físico-Químicas Suelo Explotación Agrícola Intensiva Riego Dill Organic Amendments Crop Yield Soil Chemicophysical Properties Intensive Farming Irrigation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/13242 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/9/2124 https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12092124 |
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