Reducing soil CO2 emission and improving upland rice yield with no-tillage, straw mulch and nitrogen fertilization in northern Benin

Reducing soil CO2 emission and improving upland rice yield with no-tillage, straw mulch and nitrogen fertilization in northern Benin
Nicolas Brüggemann, Naab Jesse, Joël Huate Expedit Evariste Ago, Euloge Kossi Agbossou
Soil & Tillage Research
156
2016
44–53

Excerpt

To explore effective ways to decrease soil CO2 emission and increase grain yield, field experiments were conducted on two upland rice soils (Lixisols and Gleyic Luvisols) in northern Benin in West Africa. The treatments were two tillage systems (no-tillage, and manual tillage), two rice straw managements (no rice straw, and rice straw mulch at 3 Mg ha1) and three nitrogen fertilizers levels (no nitrogen, recommended level of nitrogen: 60 kg ha1, and high level of nitrogen: 120 kg ha1).