Table 2 Soil extractable nitrate at 0 to 400 cm and soil N2O emissions from N fertilizer application treatments.
Treatment | Lysimeter leached (kg N ha−1 yr−1) | Deep Soil NO3− stock (kg N ha−1) | NO3− leached to deep soil (kg N ha−1 yr−1) | Maize N2O emission (kg N ha−1 yr−1) | N2O emission factor (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0.21a (0.03) | 218a (10.4) | 0 | 0.27a (0.04) | N.A. |
80 | 0.28a (0.10) | 285a (49.4) | 68.5 (48.9) | 0.45ab (0.09) | 0.23 |
120 | 0.18a (0.04) | 328a (38.0) | 88.0 (28.7) | 0.38ab (0.07) | 0.10 |
160 | 0.23a (0.04) | 382a (61.8) | 144 (62.0) | 0.58ab (0.07) | 0.20 |
200 | 0.28a (0.06) | 426a (89.0) | 148 (75.5) | 0.75b (0.17) | 0.24 |