Soil nitrogen dynamics in switchgrass seeded to a marginal cropland in South Dakota

Lai, Liming; Oh Hong, Chang; Kumar, Sandeep; Osborne, Shannon L.; Lehman, R. Michael; Owens, Vance N.

doi:10.1111/gcbb.12475

Title: Soil nitrogen dynamics in switchgrass seeded to a marginal cropland in South Dakota

Journal Article · Mon Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Global Change Biology. Bioenergy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12475· OSTI ID:1375481

Lai, Liming ^[1]; Oh Hong, Chang ^[2];

^[1]; Osborne, Shannon L. ^[3]; Lehman, R. Michael ^[3]; Owens, Vance N. ^[4]

Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings SD 57007 USA
Department of Life Science and Environmental Biochemistry, Pusan National University, Busan 46241 Korea
USDA-ARS, North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, Brookings SD 57006 USA
North Central Sun Grant Center, South Dakota State University, Brookings SD 57007 USA

The potential ecological impacts of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), as a biofuel feedstock, have been assessed under different environmental conditions. However, limited information is available in understanding the integrated analysis of nitrogen (N) dynamics including soil nitrate (NO^–₃), nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions, and NO^–₃ leaching under switchgrass land management. The specific objective was to explore N dynamics for 2009 through 2015 in switchgrass seeded to a marginally yielding cropland based on treatments of N fertilization rate (N rate; low, 0; medium, 56; high, 112 kg N ha^–1) and landscape position (shoulder, backslope, and footslope). Our findings indicated that N rate impacted soil NO^–₃ (0–5 cm depth) and surface N₂O fluxes but did not impact NO^–₃ leaching during the observed years. Medium N (56 kg N ha^–1) was the optimal rate for increasing biomass yield with reduced environmental problems. Landscape position impacted the N dynamics. At the footslope position, soil NO^–₃, soil NO^–₃ leaching, and N₂O fluxes were higher than the other landscape positions. Soil N₂O fluxes and NO^–₃ leaching had downward trends over the observed years. Growing switchgrass on marginally yielding croplands can store soil N, reduce N losses via leaching, and mitigate N₂O emissions from soils to the atmosphere over the years. Switchgrass seeded on marginally yielding croplands can be beneficial in reducing N losses and can be grown as a sustainable bioenergy crop on these marginal lands.

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Research Organization:: South Dakota State Univ., Brookings, SD (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: FC36-05GO85041; EE0007088

OSTI ID:: 1375481

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1375482; OSTI ID: 1511049; OSTI ID: 1836072

Report Number(s):: DOE-ANTARES-07088-12

Journal Information:: Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, Journal Name: Global Change Biology. Bioenergy; ISSN 1757-1693

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Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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