Persistent Identifier
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doi:10.7910/DVN/23785 |
Publication Date
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2014-01-08 |
Title
| Modelling the role of algae in rice crop nutrition and soil organic carbon maintenance |
Author
| Gaydon, D.S.CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences (APSRU); Wageningen University
Probert, M.E.CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences (APSRU)
Buresh, R.J.IRRI-CESD
Meinke, H.University of Tasmania; Wageningen University
Timsina, J.IRRI-Bangladesh |
Point of Contact
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R.J. Buresh (IRRI-CESD) |
Description
| Photosynthetic aquatic biomass (PAB - algae and other floodwater flora) is a significant source of organic carbon (C) in rice-based cropping systems. A portion of PAB is capable of fixing nitrogen (N), and is hence also a source of N for crop nutrition. To account for this phenomenon in long term simulation studies of rice-based cropping systems, the APSIM modelling framework was modified to include new descriptions of biological and chemical processes responsible for loss and gain of C and N in rice floodwater. We used well-tested algorithms from CERES-Rice, together with new conceptualizations for algal dynamics, in modelling the contribution of PAB to maintenance of soil organic C and soil N-supplying capacity in ricebased cropping systems. We demonstrate how our new conceptualization of PAB growth, turnover, and soil incorporation in flooded rice systems facilitates successful simulation of long-term soil fertility trials, such as the IRRI Long Term Continuous Cropping Experiment (35+ years), from the perspectives of both soil organic carbon levels and yield maintenance. Previous models have been unable to account for the observed maintenance of soil organic C in these systems, primarily due to ignoring inputs from PAB as a source of C. The performance of long-term rice cropping system simulations, with and without inclusion of t hese inputs, is shown to be radically different. Details of our modifications to APSIM are presented, together with evidence that the model is now a useful tool to investigate sustainability issues associated with management change in rice-based cropping systems. |
Keyword
| APSIM
ORYZA2000
Rice
Cropping systems
Biological nitrogen fixation
Algae |
Notes
| Subject: null Type: CESD Notes: ; |
Production Date
| 2012 |
Distributor
| European Journal of Agronomy (Elsevier) (Eur J Agron) http://www.elsevier.com/locate/eja 
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Distribution Date
| 2012 |
Depositor
| Jean Sabado |
Deposit Date
| 2013-12-09 |
Related Dataset
| Bouman, B.A.M., Lampayan, R., Tuong, T., 2007. Water Management in Irrigated Ricecoping with Water Scarcity. International Rice Research Institute publication, Los Banos, Philippines; Dobermann, A., Witt, C., 2000. The potential impact of crop intensification on carbon and nitrogen cycling in intensive rice systems. In: Kirk, G.J.D., Olk, D.C. (Eds.), Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in Flooded Soils. International Rice Research Institute, Makati City, Philippines, pp. ÃÂ1-25; Greenland, D.J., 1997. The Sustainability of Rice Farming. CAB International and International Rice Research Institute, Oxon (UK) and Manila (Philippines); Roger, P.A., Reynaud, P.A., 1979. Ecology of blue-green algae in paddy fields. In: International Rice Research Institute. Nitrogen and Rice, Los Banos, Philippines, pp. 289âÂÂ309.; Roger, P.A., Kulasooria, S.A., 1980. Blue Green Algae and Rice. International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines. |