Relatively few studies have quantified N2O losses through agricultural tile drainage systems
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The gap
Relatively few studies have quantified N2O losses through agricultural tile drainage systems and none have compared the effect of different sources of applied nitrogen or their timing of application.
Evidence profile
Sourced from the abstract and future-work section of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2019 and 2026, spanning 4 journals. Those papers have been cited 73 times in total.
Research trend
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Supporting evidence — 6 representative gaps
- Grassland renewal dominates multi-year nitrous oxide emissions in boreal legume grassland: Insights from eddy-covariance measurements (2026) · Soil and Tillage Research · cited 2× · doi
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions from agricultural soils represent the dominant source of this potent greenhouse gas, yet the interactions between management practices and environmental drivers governing these emissions remain poorly quantified, particularly across the entire grassland rotation cycle including renovation phases.
generalabstractKeywords: emissions nitrous oxide agricultural soils represent dominant source potent greenhouse interactions management practices environmental drivers - Dissolved nitrous oxide emissions associated with agricultural drainage water as influenced by manure application (2024) · Frontiers in Environmental Science · cited 4× · doi
Further research is needed to understand the factors controlling N2O emissions from agricultural drainage water. Studies should investigate the effects of different nitrogen sources and application timings on N2O emissions. Research should focus on developing more accurate IPCC coefficients for N2O emissions from agricultural drainage water.
generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5Keywords: further research needed understand factors controlling n2o emissions - Land Use, Not Stream Order, Controls N2O Concentration and Flux in the Upper Mara River Basin, Kenya (2019) · Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences · cited 61× · doi
Abstract Anthropogenic activities have led to increases in nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions from river systems, but there are large uncertainties in estimates due to lack of data in tropical rivers and rapid increase in human activity.
generalabstractevidence 4/5Keywords: abstract anthropogenic activities increases nitrous oxide emissions river systems there large uncertainties estimates lack tropical - Dissolved nitrous oxide emissions associated with agricultural drainage water as influenced by manure application (2024) · Frontiers in Environmental Science · cited 4× · doi
Relatively few studies have quantified N2O losses through agricultural tile drainage systems and none have compared the effect of different sources of applied nitrogen or their timing of application.
generalabstractevidence 4/5Keywords: relatively quantified losses agricultural tile drainage systems none compared effect different sources applied nitrogen timing - Modeling maize productivity and N2O emissions under surface and subsurface drip fertigation in current and future climates (2026) · Agricultural Water Management · cited 1× · doi
However, existing process-based models have not been evaluated for simulating N 2 O emissions under drip fertigation systems, limiting our capacity to predict the environmental performance of these irrigation technologies under future climatic conditions.
generalabstractevidence 4/5Keywords: existing process based models evaluated simulating emissions drip fertigation systems limiting capacity predict environmental performance - Dissolved nitrous oxide in subsurface drainage under stacking split nitrogen management and cereal rye cover cropping (2025) · Agricultural Water Management · cited 1× · doi
The contribution of dissolved N 2 O (dN 2 O) to indirect emissions is poorly understood, especially considering losses of dissolved gases that stem from subsurface agricultural drainage in nitrogen (N)-intensive corn ( Zea mays L.
generalabstractevidence 2/5Keywords: dissolved contribution indirect emissions poorly understood especially considering losses gases stem subsurface agricultural drainage nitrogen
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