Factors influencing soil nitrification process and the effect on environment and health

OE Ayiti, OO Babalola - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 - frontiersin.org
To meet the global demand for food, several factors have been deployed by agriculturists to
supply plants with nitrogen. These factors have been observed to influence the soil …

Controlled-release nitrogen fertilizer application mitigated N losses and modified microbial community while improving wheat yield and N use efficiency

Q Ma, Y Qian, Q Yu, Y Cao, R Tao, M Zhu… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
The extensive application of traditional fertilizer has greatly contributed to wheat yield,
accompanied by massive nitrogen (N) loss and environmental pollution. Controlled-release …

Organic-substitute strategies reduced carbon and reactive nitrogen footprints and gained net ecosystem economic benefit for intensive vegetable production

J Zhou, B Li, L **a, C Fan, Z **ong - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
Partially substituting inorganic fertilizer with organic fertilizer is widely adopted to improve
intensive vegetable production as well as potentially reduce carbon (C) and reactive …

[HTML][HTML] Climate mitigation efficiency of nitrification and urease inhibitors: impact on N2O emission–A review

D Adu-Poku, NOB Ackerson, RNOA Devine, AG Addo - Scientific African, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the demand for climate-smart policies has taken on a global scale. While
much of the emphasis has been on carbon footprints, other non-carbon greenhouse gases …

Comprehensive assessment of the effects of nitrification inhibitor application on reactive nitrogen loss in intensive vegetable production systems

J Min, H Sun, HJ Kronzucker, Y Wang, W Shi - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Previous studies regarding environmental impacts of nitrification inhibitors (NIs) in intensive
vegetable production systems mainly focused on the fate of individual nitrogen (N) …

[HTML][HTML] Biochar single application and reapplication decreased soil greenhouse gas and nitrogen oxide emissions from rice–wheat rotation: a three-year field …

Z Wu, Y Dong, X Zhang, X Xu, Z **ong - Geoderma, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar application to soil has been proposed as a promising tool for sequestering carbon,
ensuring food security, mitigating greenhouse gases (GHGs), and lowering nitrous oxide (N …

Nitrogen use efficiency and nitrous oxide emissions from five UK fertilised grasslands

LM Cardenas, A Bhogal, DR Chadwick… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Intensification of grasslands is necessary to meet the increasing demand of livestock
products. The application of nitrogen (N) on grasslands affects the N balance therefore the …

[HTML][HTML] Use of urease and nitrification inhibitors to reduce gaseous nitrogen emissions from fertilizers containing ammonium nitrate and urea

H Wang, S Köbke, K Dittert - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Nitrogen (N) fertilizers increase agricultural yields, but also lead to the release of the
greenhouse gases nitrous oxide (N 2 O) and ammonia (NH 3). This not only reduces the …

Microbial investigations of new hydrogel-biochar composites as soil amendments for simultaneous nitrogen-use improvement and heavy metal immobilization

L Zhang, Y Guan - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural sustainability is challenging because of increasingly serious and co-existing
issues, eg, poor nitrogen-fertilizer use and heavy metal pollution. Herein, we introduced a …

PBAT microplastics exacerbates N2O emissions from tropical latosols mainly via stimulating denitrification

Z Zhang, L Peng, W Gao, D Wu, W Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biodegradable plastic mulching films are regarded as promising substitutes for their non-
degradable counterparts to ameliorate serious plastic pollution in agriculture. Inevitably …