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Climate Change and Carbon Footprint: Implications and Solutions for Crop Production

A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Farming Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (2 March 2023) | Viewed by 1776

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Daniela Pezzolla

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti, 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy
Interests: soil organic matter; GHG emissions; biofertilizer; sustainable agriculture
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Prof. Dr. Giovanni Gigliotti

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93, 06125, Perugia, Italy
Interests: carbon sequestration; water soluble organic matter; soil fertility; organic waste treatments
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Intensive land farming is considered to be an environmental concern for its effects on atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and on soil C sequestration. Enhanced soil organic matter turnover due to the agricultural practices leads to a decrease in soil C stock and an increase of CO2 emissions, contributing to changes in the climate.

The application of organic materials to arable soil can improve fertility, in terms of plant nutrients and as a source of stable organic matter, reducing the production of mineral fertilizers, and, thus, the use of fossil fuels. Based on these considerations, the organic materials derived from different stabilization treatments can be a valuable practice for sustainable agriculture.

In this Special Issue, we encourage authors to present the results of research on the use of biofertilizers derived from the valorisation of different organic materials, in order to assess their effect, in terms of GHG emissions, carbon sequestration, and crop production.

Dr. Daniela Pezzolla
Prof. Dr. Giovanni Gigliotti
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Keywords

  • carbon sequestration
  • greenhouse gases
  • plant nutrients
  • organic materials
  • soil fertility
  • organic amendments
  • crop production
  • climate change
  • sustainable agriculture

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Influence of Crop Residue Management and Soil Tillage Method on Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Winter Wheat Production in the Salt-Affected Arable Land in the North China Plain
by Binbin Li, Lanfang Wu, Wanxue Zhu, Chunlian Qiao, Jin Zhang and Wenping He
Agronomy 2023, 13(4), 1018; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13041018 - 30 Mar 2023
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Salt-affected arable land is distributed widely in China, especially in the North China Plain. Crop residue management under appropriate tillage is critical to improving salt-affected soil organic carbon and reducing the carbon footprint. This study conducted four-year field experiments including two treatments (residue [...] Read more.
Salt-affected arable land is distributed widely in China, especially in the North China Plain. Crop residue management under appropriate tillage is critical to improving salt-affected soil organic carbon and reducing the carbon footprint. This study conducted four-year field experiments including two treatments (residue incorporated into soil with plough tillage (CT+); residue mulching with no-till (NT+)) in two sites (non-saline soil and salt-affected soil); the carbon footprint of wheat production was analyzed by life cycle assessment. The results showed that the carbon footprint of wheat production in the salt-affected soil was significantly larger than that in the non-saline soil, because the salt-affected soil exhibited higher N2O emission than the non-saline soil. CT+ has lower carbon footprint than the NT+, mainly due to the lower N2O emission and higher carbon sequestration in the CT+ compared to NT+. As for the salt-affected soil, the largest contributor of the carbon footprint per unit area was soil N2O emission, with a relative contribution of 40%; the largest contributor of the carbon footprint per unit yield was carbon sequestration, with a relative importance of 47–50%. Our results indicated that wheat production in salt-affected land has a high carbon footprint, while it can be decreased by incorporating crop residue into the soil under the plough tillage. Full article
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