Nitrous oxide emissions from soils: how well do we understand the processes and their controls?

K Butterbach-Bahl, EM Baggs… - … of the Royal …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Although it is well established that soils are the dominating source for atmospheric nitrous
oxide (N2O), we are still struggling to fully understand the complexity of the underlying …

Microbial regulation of terrestrial nitrous oxide formation: understanding the biological pathways for prediction of emission rates

HW Hu, D Chen, JZ He - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The continuous increase of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) in the atmosphere due
to increasing anthropogenic nitrogen input in agriculture has become a global concern. In …

Ammonia oxidation pathways and nitrifier denitrification are significant sources of N2O and NO under low oxygen availability

X Zhu, M Burger, TA Doane… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The continuous increase of nitrous oxide (N2O) abundance in the atmosphere is a global
concern. Multiple pathways of N2O production occur in soil, but their significance and …

Diversity, structure, and size of N2O-producing microbial communities in soils—what matters for their functioning?

G Braker, R Conrad - Advances in applied microbiology, 2011 - Elsevier
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is mainly generated via nitrification and denitrification processes in
soils and subsequently emitted into the atmosphere where it causes well-known radiative …

Quantifying nitrous oxide production rates from nitrification and denitrification under various moisture conditions in agricultural soils: Laboratory study and literature …

H Wang, Z Yan, X Ju, X Song, J Zhang, S Li… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Biogenic nitrous oxide (N2O) from nitrification and denitrification in agricultural soils is a
major source of N2O in the atmosphere, and its flux changes significantly with soil moisture …

Heterotrophic nitrification of organic N and its contribution to nitrous oxide emissions in soils

J Zhang, C Mueller, Z Cai - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is one of the key trace gases playing an important role in global
climate change. Soils are the most important source of global N 2 O. A large number of …

Application of enhanced-efficiency nitrogen fertilizers reduces mineral nitrogen usage and emissions of both N2O and NH3 while sustaining yields in a wheat-rice …

Y Cheng, AS Elrys, J Wang, C Xu, K Ni, J Zhang… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
The application of nitrification and urease inhibitors with urea can increase the residence
time of ammonium (NH 4+) in soils and thus reduce nitrogen (N) losses to the environment …

Biochar suppresses N2O emissions while maintaining N availability in a sandy loam soil

SDC Case, NP McNamara, DS Reay, AW Stott… - Soil Biology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) from agricultural soil is a significant source of greenhouse gas
emissions. Biochar amendment can contribute to climate change mitigation by suppressing …

A review of stable isotope techniques for N2O source partitioning in soils: recent progress, remaining challenges and future considerations

EM Baggs - Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry: An …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrous oxide is produced in soil during several processes, which may occur simultaneously
within different micro‐sites of the same soil. Stable isotope techniques have a crucial role to …

Influences of carbon sources on N2O production during denitrification in freshwaters: activity, isotopes and functional microbes

S Li, S Wang, G Ji - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Denitrification is one of the major sources of N 2 O in freshwaters. Diverse forms of organic
compounds act as the electron donors for microbial denitrification. However, the influences …