Farming tactics to reduce the carbon footprint of crop cultivation in semiarid areas. A review

C Liu, H Cutforth, Q Chai, Y Gan - Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2016 - Springer
The human population on the planet is estimated to reach 9 billion by 2050; this requires
significant increase of food production to meet the demands. Intensified farming systems …

Global reactive nitrogen loss in orchard systems: a review

H Zhao, P Lakshmanan, X Wang, H Xiong… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Orchards account for about 5% of the agricultural land in the world, however the amount of
nitrogen (N) fertilizer input in orchards is relatively large. Little is known about N input and its …

A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

H Tian, R Xu, JG Canadell, RL Thompson… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Nitrous oxide (N 2 O), like carbon dioxide, is a long-lived greenhouse gas that
accumulates in the atmosphere. Over the past 150 years, increasing atmospheric N 2 O …

Data-driven estimates of global nitrous oxide emissions from croplands

Q Wang, F Zhou, Z Shang, P Ciais… - National Science …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Croplands are the single largest anthropogenic source of nitrous oxide (N2O) globally, yet
their estimates remain difficult to verify when using Tier 1 and 3 methods of the …

Soil biochar amendment shapes the composition of N2O-reducing microbial communities

J Harter, P Weigold, M El-Hadidi, DH Huson… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Soil biochar amendment has been described as a promising tool to improve soil quality,
sequester carbon, and mitigate nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions. N 2 O is a potent …

Agroecological break out: Legumes, crop diversification and the regenerative futures of UK agriculture

G Cusworth, T Garnett, J Lorimer - Journal of Rural Studies, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the shifting fate of legumes in UK agriculture. Legumes were once a
common part of crop rotations, providing food and feed, while enhancing soil fertility and …

Straw returning and one-time application of a mixture of controlled release and solid granular urea to reduce carbon footprint of plastic film mulching spring maize

J Bai, Y Li, J Zhang, F Xu, Q Bo, Z Wang, Z Li… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
For a long time, nitrogen (N) management for high-yielding maize (Zea mays L.) has been a
severe challenge. The N supply must maximize yield while minimizing environmental …

Global direct nitrous oxide emissions from the bioenergy crop sugarcane (Saccharum spp. inter-specific hybrids)

L Yang, Y Deng, X Wang, W Zhang, X Shi… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sugarcane is the second largest bioenergy crop in the world and it accounts for 80% of
global sugar production. Grown mostly in wet and warm tropics with relatively high nitrogen …

[HTML][HTML] Do greenhouse gas emission calculations from energy crop cultivation reflect actual agricultural management practices?–A review of carbon footprint …

C Peter, K Helming, C Nendel - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
A wide range of calculators have been developed to assess the greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions of agricultural products, including biomass for bioenergy production. However …

Patterns and environmental drivers of greenhouse gas fluxes in the coastal wetlands of China: A systematic review and synthesis

M Hu, J Sardans, X Yang, J Peñuelas, C Tong - Environmental research, 2020 - Elsevier
Coastal wetlands play an increasingly important role in regulating greenhouse gas (GHG)
fluxes and thus affecting climate change. However, the overall magnitude, trend, and …