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. 2016 Feb 5;6:20700. doi: 10.1038/srep20700

Table 1. Seasonal and annual total (Mean ± 1SE, n = 3) of N2O and NO emissions and vegetable yield (fresh weight) in greenhouse vegetable cropping systems.

Measurement period Treatment N fertilizer N2O-N NO-N NO-N/N2O-N ratio Yield (t ha−1)
(kg N ha−1)
Tomato (24 Aug 2013~3 Mar 2014, 190 days) Control 0 1.09 ± 0.17d 0.63 ± 0.09fgh 0.61 ± 0.14abcd 112.40 ± 5.38a
  F−L 260 4.97 ± 0.32abc 3.69 ± 0.28b 0.74 ± 0.04abc 120.67 ± 5.46a
F−M 400 5.20 ± 0.34abc 5.08 ± 0.40a 0.98 ± 0.17a 123.07 ± 5.73a
F−H 520 6.60 ± 0.48a 5.95 ± 0.26a 0.91 ± 0.08ab 122.40 ± 9.83a
Chinese cabbage (4 Mar~7 May 2014, 65 days) Control 0 0.62 ± 0.02d 0.21 ± 0.12h 0.33 ± 0.03cd 71.41 ± 8.57b
  F−L 100 1.78 ± 0.23cd 1.25 ± 0.43efgh 0.72 ± 0.11abc 79.84 ± 6.50b
F−M 150 2.09 ± 0.26cd 1.55 ± 0.71defg 0.76 ± 0.16abc 73.17 ± 4.52b
F−H 200 2.70 ± 0.48bcd 1.89 ± 0.34cdef 0.73 ± 0.07abc 69.16 ± 4.72b
Green soybean (8 May~13 Aug 2014, 98 days) Control 0 2.71 ± 0.26bcd 0.42 ± 0.16gh 0.16 ± 0.02d 8.39 ± 1.07c
  F−L 60 5.71 ± 0.72ab 2.00 ± 0.57cde 0.38 ± 0.10cd 10.25 ± 1.36c
F−M 90 6.79 ± 0.82a 2.62 ± 0.91bcd 0.43 ± 0.09bcd 9.26 ± 0.92c
F−H 120 7.17 ± 1.08a 2.97 ± 0.61bc 0.43 ± 0.05bcd 9.94 ± 0.57c
Annual cycle (24 Aug 2013~13 Aug 2014, 353 days) Control 0 4.41 ± 0.45 1.26 ± 0.37 0.28 ± 0.03 192.20 ± 15.01
  F−L 420 12.45 ± 1.27 6.94 ± 1.28 0.57 ± 0.09 210.76 ± 13.31
F−M 640 14.07 ± 1.42 9.25 ± 2.02 0.69 ± 0.14 205.50 ± 11.17
F−H 840 16.47 ± 2.04 10.81 ± 1.21 0.66 ± 0.04 201.51 ± 15.13

Data shown are means ± standard errors of three replicates. The flux measurements period includes the vegetable-growing season and the following fallow period. Different letters within the same column indicate significant differences among treatments at p < 0.05 level.