The potential of organic fertilizers and water management to reduce N2O emissions in Mediterranean climate cropping systems. A review
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Environmental problems related to the use of synthetic fertilizers and to organic waste management have led to increased interest in the use of organic materials as an alternative source of nutrients for crops, but this is also associated with N2O emissions. There has been an increasing amount of research into the effects of using different types of fertilization on N2O emissions under Mediterranean climatic conditions, but the findings have sometimes been rather contradictory. Available information also suggests that water management could exert a high influence on N2O emissions. In this context, we have reviewed the current scientific knowledge, including an analysis of the effect of fertilizer type and water management on direct N2O emissions.A meta-analysis of compliant reviewed experiments revealed significantly lower N2O emissions for organic as opposed to synthetic fertilizers (23% reduction). When organic materials were segregated in solid and liquid, only solid organic fertilizer emissions were significantly lower than those of synthetic fertilizers (28% reduction in cumulative emissions). The EF is similar to the IPCC factor in conventionally irrigated systems (0.98% N2O-N N applied−1), but one order of magnitude lower in rainfed systems (0.08%). Drip irrigation produces intermediate emission levels (0.66%). Differences are driven by Mediterranean agro-climatic characteristics, which include low soil organic matter (SOM) content and a distinctive rainfall and temperature pattern. Interactions between environmental and management factors and the microbial processes involved in N2O emissions are discussed in detail.Indirect emissions have not been fully accounted for, but when organic fertilizers are applied at similar N rates to synthetic fertilizers, they generally make smaller contributions to the leached NO3− pool. The most promising practices for reducing N2O through organic fertilization include: (i) minimizing water applications; (ii) minimizing bare soil; (iii) improving waste management; and (iv) tightening N cycling through N immobilization. The mitigation potential may be limited by: (i) residual effect; (ii) the long-term effects of fertilizers on SOM; (iii) lower yield-scaled performance; and (iv) total N availability from organic sources. Knowledge gaps identified in the review included: (i) insufficient sampling periods; (ii) high background emissions; (iii) the need to provide N2O EF and yield-scaled EF; (iv) the need for more research on specific cropping systems; and (v) the need for full GHG balances.In conclusion, the available information suggests a potential of organic fertilizers and water-saving practices to mitigate N2O emissions under Mediterranean climatic conditions, although further research is needed before it can be regarded as fully proven, understood and developed.
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BackgroundN2O emission from soil following combined application of fertiliser-N and ground weed residues
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BackgroundDeveloping spatially stratified N2O emission factors for Europe
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ResultSelf-citationVineyard weed management practices influence nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions
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Self-citationOrganic Wheat Production and Soil Nutrient Status in a Mediterranean Climatic Zone
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Self-citationCarbon management in dryland agricultural systems. A review
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“Enhanced soil organic carbon (SOC) under organic management is supported by extensive experimental data in Mediterranean cropping systems (Aguilera et al. 2013a).”
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“For example, Aguilera et al. (2013) reported that N2O emission per N applied was higher for liquid manure than solid manure in Mediterranean soils where soil organic C and N contents were very low and N2O production was promoted by higher NH4 ? in slurry.”
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“Negative consequences of the atmospheric emission of reactive nitrogen such as biodiversity loss, N2O emissions, or atmospheric pollution have also been reported for Spain (Maté et al. 2010; Ariño et al. 2011; Aguilera et al. 2013).”
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“In our study, most of the N2O fluxes measured were within the range found in other similar studies performed in Mediterranean conditions (Meijide et al., 2009; Aguilera et al., 2013).”
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“replacing urea by CAN) could be of interest in maize cropping areas with large nitrification losses, such as low C-content semi-arid soils (Aguilera et al., 2013; Zhang et al., 2016).”
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Self-citationA global meta‐analysis of nitrous oxide emission from drip‐irrigated cropping system
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“Aguilera et al. (2013) reported that crop species affected the EF of N fertilizers due to differences in N demand by the plants.”
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“5% of the emissions in Mediterranean-climate cropping systems (Aguilera et al. 2013), the results were similar to those of the present study (54–78%).”
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Carbon Footprint Management by Agricultural Practices
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“For example, Histosols tended to have higher CO2 emissions owing to their high ability of mineralization and denitrification with high SOC and water contents [36].”
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“Thus, we concluded that application of PM resulted in a more anaerobic soil environment due to the higher labile organic C supply and resulted in more N2O emissions from denitrification [Cayuela et al., 2010; Aguilera et al., 2013].”
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“…approach, considering the proportion of rainfed and irrigated areas in Spain (78.4% and 21.6%, respectively) and the corresponding EFs proposed by Aguilera et al (2013) for Mediterranean conditions (0.08% for rainfed crops and 0.84%, as an average value between 1.01% for high-water irrigation…”
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Self-citationSoil Nitrous Oxide Emissions by Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition over Global Agricultural Systems
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“Aguilera et al. (2013) obtained a higher emission factor for high (1.01”
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“Organic farming, which strictly limits the use of chemical fertilizers, provides an alternative that minimizes the negative effects of chemical fertilization (Aguilera et al. 2013; Aires et al. 2013).”
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“…of several factors: (i) a well-aerated soil with coarse texture less prone to denitrification (Bollmann and Conrad 1998), (ii) very low N availability (Barton et al. 1999), (iii) organic fertilization (Burger et al. 2005) and (iv) the use of deficit drip irrigation (Aguilera et al. 2013).”
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“In this regard the study confirmed only for GMAN the potential GHG mitigation recently highlighted for organic fertilization under low water input management in Mediterranean climate (Aguilera et al., 2013).”
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Tea-planted soils as global hotspots for N2O emissions from croplands
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Self-citationComparison of Organic and Integrated Nutrient Management Strategies for Reducing Soil N2O Emissions
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“Generally, N2O emissions are greatest following a significant increase in soil water content after a rainfall or irrigation event [22], likely due to a flush of microbial activity from soil wetting and drying events [43].”
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Carbon budget in a Mediterranean peach orchard under different management practices
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“In a recent meta-analysis on C sequestration rate in various Mediterranean cropping systems, after compost supply and the adoption of cover crops the SOC was accumulated with a rate variable from 50 up to 300 g C m -2 yr -1 (0.27 m mean soil depth) (Aguilera et al., 2013a).”
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Synthesizing the evidence of nitrous oxide mitigation practices in agroecosystems
Grados, D., Butterbach‐Bahl, K., Chen, J., van Groenigen, K. J., Olesen, J. E., van Groenigen, J. W., & Ábalos, D. (2022) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac9b50 · Cited by 66 · see citing works
“Most of the available meta-analyses focused on solid manure, whereas only one evaluated the effect of replacing synthetic fertilizers with livestock slurry with regard to soil N 2 O emissions (Aguilera et al 2013).”
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“…resulting N2O emissions and thereby necessitate different emission factors for each N-fertilizer management process on a sugarcane plantation (Choudhard et al., 2001; Bouwman et al., 2002; Khalil et al., 2004; Stehfest & Bouwman, 2006; Denmead et al., 2010; Aguilera et al., 2013; Gu et al., 2013).”
BackgroundIncreased N2O emissions during soil drying after waterlogging and spring thaw in a record wet year
Chen, Z., Ding, W., Xu, Y., Müller, C., Yu, H., & Fan, J. (2016) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.07.016 · Cited by 63 · see citing works
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“This may be a result of the predominance of nitrification in semi-arid calcareous soils with low organic carbon (C) content (Aguilera et al., 2013) that causes NH4 oxidation to be the main N2O production pathway, even under irrigated conditions (Guardia et al.”
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Nitrogen dynamics in cropping systems under Mediterranean climate: a systemic analysis
Lassaletta, L., Sanz-Cobeña, A., Aguilera, E., Quemada, M., Billen, G., Bondeau, A., Cayuela, M. L., Crämer, W., Eekhout, J., Garnier, J. A., et al. (2021) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac002c · Cited by 62 · see citing works
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Effect of cover crops in smothering weeds and volunteer plants in alternative farming systems
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“…N2O emissions reported here were within range of measured or modeled values for other irrigated corn production systems (Adviento-Borbe et al., 2007; Liu et al., 2011; Cui et al., 2012; Grassini & Cassman, 2012; Aguilera et al., 2013; Huang et al., 2013; Jin et al., 2014; Zhang et al., 2014).”
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“The anaerobic treatment does not significantly reduce the nitrogen load of livestock manure; on the contrary, where livestock residue is integrated with energy crops, there is an increase in the organic residue [60].”
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“Adjusting fertilization and irrigation to winter wheat requirements is a crucial strategy for increasing N use efficiency (NUE) and water use efficiency (WUE) while reducing water and soil pollution (Arregui et al., 2006) and greenhouse gas emissions (Aguilera et al., 2013).”
BackgroundSoil moisture determines the effectiveness of two urease inhibitors to decrease N2O emission
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“Nitrification rates, which are potentially high in soils under Mediterranean climates, such as the soil used in our study (Aguilera et al. 2013), would have been enhanced due to the presence of readily available NH4 -N in the soil solution after U application.”
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“The site has a semiarid Mediterranean climate with a dry and hot summer period, and the mean annual temperature and rainfall (over the last 10 years) in this area are 13.2 C and 460 mm, respectively.”
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“…that are manufactured from livestock operations and the food production industry are widely used to improve soil fertility, enhance crop yields, and alleviate the adverse effects of chemical fertilizers (Hayakawa et al. 2009; Diacono and Montemurro 2010; Aguilera et al. 2013; Zhou et al. 2016).”
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“01 kg of nitrogen dioxide (N2O) for each kg of N applied to the field [35] and indirect N2O emissions were considered.”
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The Role of Compost in Bio-waste Management and Circular Economy
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Management of Soil Microbial Communities: Opportunities and Prospects (a Review)
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- Authors
- Aguilera, E., Lassaletta, L., Sanz-Cobena, A., Garnier, J., & Vallejo, A.
- Affiliations
- Sociedad Española de Agricultura Ecológica y Agroecología (ES)
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Aguilera, Eduardo
- Venue
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-01
- Volume
- 164
- Pages
- 32-52
- ISSN
- 0167-8809 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2044801683
- Cited by
- 383
- References
- 190
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 39 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 39 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 31 · 2016: 33 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 24 · 2013: 8
- FWCI
- 22.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- oa.upm.es
- Licence
- Locations
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment (publishedVersion)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Hispana (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Library Open Repository (Universidad Complutense Madrid) (submittedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- UPM Digital Archive (Technical University of Madrid) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Spanish Minister of Science and Innovation
- Autonomous Community of Madrid
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Agricultural Science and Fertilization
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Keywords
- nitrous oxide emissions, nitrous oxide, organic fertilizer, mineral fertilizers, water management, Mediterranean climate, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, emission factors, drip irrigation, soil organic matter, nitrogen leaching, soil microbial processes, crop residue management, nitrogen immobilization, soil carbon sequestration
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