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Management matters: testing a mitigation strategy for nitrous oxide emissions using legumes on intensively managed grassland
Kathrin Fuchs
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of
Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092 Zurich,
Switzerland
Lukas Hörtnagl
Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of
Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092 Zurich,
Switzerland
Nina Buchmann
Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of
Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092 Zurich,
Switzerland
Werner Eugster
Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of
Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092 Zurich,
Switzerland
AgResearch – Lincoln Research Centre, Private Bag 4749, Christchurch
8140, New Zealand
Lutz Merbold
Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of
Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092 Zurich,
Switzerland
Mazingira Centre, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI),
P.O. Box 30709, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
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Replacing fertiliser nitrogen with biologically fixed nitrogen (BFN) through legumes has been suggested as a strategy for nitrous oxide (N2O) mitigation from intensively managed grasslands. On our site the mitigation strategy reduced N2O emissions by 54 % and 39 % in 2015 and 2016, while annual yields were similar under mitigation management. We conclude that N2O emissions can be effectively reduced without losses in yield by increasing the clover proportion and reducing fertilisation.
Replacing fertiliser nitrogen with biologically fixed nitrogen (BFN) through legumes has been...
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