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. 2015 May;28(5):716–729. doi: 10.5713/ajas.14.0683

Table 4.

Emission factors for nitrous oxide, ammonia and nitrate leaching and plant uptake after application of manure and mineral fertilizer on rice-rice-corn crops or vegetable gardens

Criteria Values Range Units References
Solid manure (non-biogas farms) applied to rice-rice-corn
 NH3-N 0.102 0.071–0.133 kg NH3-N (kg N applied)−1 Watanabe et al. (2009)
 N2O-N 0.005 kg N2O-N (kg N applied)−1 Calculated as average of 2 times emission factor of 0.003 (Eggleston et al., 2006)
 Leaching N 0. 243 0.202–0.324 kg NO3-N (kg N applied)−1 Calculated as average leaching per applied manure N from the medium manure N treatment with 262.1 kg N· ha−1·year−1 (Mai et al., 2010)
 Uptake N 0.283 0.17–0.37 kg N uptake (kg N applied)−1 Calculated as average N uptake values (Tran et al., 2012)
 CH4-C 4.08 kg CH4-C (ton solid manure)−1 Vu et al. (2014)
Mineral fertilizer applied to rice-rice-corn
 NH3-N 0.24 0.095–0.109 kg NH3-N (kg N applied)−1 Sommer et al. (2004),
 N2O-N 0.003 kg N2O-N (kg N applied)−1 Calculated as average of 2 times emission factor of 0.003 and 1 times emission factor of 0.01 (Eggleston et al., 2006)
 Leaching N 0. 243 0.202–0.324 kg NO 3-N (kg N applied)−1 Calculated as average leaching per applied mineral nitrogen from medium mineral N treatment of 262.1 kg N·ha−1·year−1 (Mai et al., 2010)
 Uptake N 0.373 0.25–0.49 kg N uptake (kg N applied)−1 Calculated as average N uptake values (Tran et al., 2012)
 CH4-C 0 Calculated (Vu et al., 2014)
Liquid manure (non-biogas) and digestate (biogas farms) applied to vegetable gardens
 NH3-N 0.33 kg NH3-N (kg TAN)−1 Sogaard et al., (2002)
 N2O-N 0.01 0.003–0.03 kg N2O-N (kg N applied)−1 Eggleston et al. (2006)
 Leaching N 0.165 kg NO3-N (kg N applied)−1 Mai et al. (2010)
 Uptake N 0.328 kg N uptake (kg N applied)−1 Calculated as an average N uptake from solid manure and mineral fertilizer (Tran et al., 2012)
Mineral fertilizer applied to vegetable gardens
 NH3-N 0.24 kg NH3-N (kg N applied)−1 Sommer et al. (2004)
 N2O-N 0.01 0.003–0.03 kg N2O-N (kg N applied)−1 Eggleston et al. (2006)
 Leaching N 0.165 kg NO3-N (kg N applied)−1 Mai et al. (2010)
 Uptake N 0.373 kg N uptake (kg N applied)−1 Calculated as average N uptake values (Tran et al., 2012)