ABSTRACT
Organic fertilizer substitution has been promoted as a weight loss, efficient, and diversified fertilizer substitution technology in agricultural production. However, there is a lack of comprehensive assessment of the impact of organic fertilizers on N2O and NO emissions from orchards. In this study, N2O and NO emissions from peach orchards were observed annually using static dark box-gas chromatography to compare the effects of chemical fertilizer application alone and partial replacement of chemical fertilizer treatment on NO emissions from peach orchards. The results showed that the partial replacement of chemical fertilizers with organic fertilizers reduced the total N2O and NO emissions from peach orchards by 15.0 % and 9.4 %, respectively. The N2O and NO emission factors were reduced by 21.3 % and 21.1 %. The mineral N content of the soil in the organic fertilizer treatment was lower than that in the chemical fertilizer treatment alone. The organic fertilizer treatment increased the contribution of AOA to nitrification and decreased the contribution of AOB, thus reducing N2O and NO from nitrification. In addition, the results of the dual isotope mixing model[δ18O(N2O/H2O) vs. δ15NSP] indicated that the bacterial denitrification/nitrifying bacterial denitrification (bD/nD) process served as the primary pathway for N2O emissions in peach orchards. Partial substitution with organic fertilizers enhanced soil denitrification, resulting in larger reductions in the amounts of N2O and NO. Therefore, partial substitution of organic fertilizer is a viable measure to mitigate nitrogen oxide emissions from orchards and to achieve green and low-carbon development in agriculture.
