000866409 001__ 866409 000866409 005__ 20210811135805.0 000866409 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.sciaf.2019.e00141 000866409 0247_ $$2Handle$$a2128/23383 000866409 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000658439500067 000866409 037__ $$aFZJ-2019-05562 000866409 082__ $$a600 000866409 1001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aAtakora, Williams K.$$b0$$eCorresponding author 000866409 245__ $$aStimulus of nitrogen fertilizers and soil characteristics on maize yield and nitrous oxide emission from Ferric Luvisol in the Guinea Savanna agro-ecological zone of Ghana 000866409 260__ $$a[Amsterdam]$$bElsevier B.V.$$c2019 000866409 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000866409 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000866409 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1573821812_22183 000866409 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000866409 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000866409 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000866409 520__ $$aFarmers in Ghana rely on different forms of fertilizers to increase crop yields. The quantity of applied mineral N fertilizer is lost through nitrification and denitrification in the form of the powerful greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) has not been determined in the field until now. This study was conducted on a Ferric Luvisol in the Tolon District in Northern Ghana to determine the influence of nitrogen fertilizers, soil moisture and soil temperature on N2O emissions and grain yield. Three different nitrogenous fertilizers, i.e. ammonia sulfate (AS), urea (U) and NPK 60–40–40, were applied at either 60 or 120 kg N ha−1 yr−1 to maize, termed AS 60, AS 120, U 60, U 120 and NPK 60–40–40 thereafter. A control was left without N application. The results showed that N fertilizer type and quantities applied affected N2O emissions significantly. Plots of NPK 60–40–40, AS 60 and U 60 emitted 1.22, 1.45 and 1.79 kg N2ON ha−1, respectively, throughout the sampling period and were not considerably higher than N2O emissions from the control plots, which amounted to 0.32 kg N2ON ha−1. In contrast, the N2O emissions of U 120 and AS 120 were significantly higher than the controls, with values of 4.29 and 3.49 kg N2ON ha−1, respectively. When N2O flux was related to grain yield, 1.24 and 1.04 g N2O kg−1 grain was emitted from AS 120 and U 120, respectively. Plots treated with NPK 60–40–40, AS 60 and U 60 produced 0.39, 0.47 and 0.55 g N2O kg−1 grain, respectively, whereas plots without fertilization emitted 0.53 g N2O kg−1 grain. Average N-induced N2O emission factors ranged between 0.10% and 0.22%, with an overall emission factor of 0.15%. 000866409 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF3-255$$a255 - Terrestrial Systems: From Observation to Prediction (POF3-255)$$cPOF3-255$$fPOF III$$x0 000866409 588__ $$aDataset connected to CrossRef 000866409 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aKwakye, Peter K.$$b1 000866409 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)145833$$aWeymann, Daniel$$b2 000866409 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)142357$$aBrüggemann, Nicolas$$b3 000866409 773__ $$0PERI:(DE-600)2957174-1$$a10.1016/j.sciaf.2019.e00141$$gVol. 6, p. e00141 -$$pe00141 -$$tScientific African$$v6$$x2468-2276$$y2019 000866409 8564_ $$uhttps://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/866409/files/Atakora%20etal%202019%20%28Scientific%20African%206%20e00141%29.pdf$$yOpenAccess 000866409 8564_ $$uhttps://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/866409/files/Atakora%20etal%202019%20%28Scientific%20African%206%20e00141%29.pdf?subformat=pdfa$$xpdfa$$yOpenAccess 000866409 909CO $$ooai:juser.fz-juelich.de:866409$$pVDB$$pVDB:Earth_Environment$$pdriver$$popen_access$$popenaire$$pdnbdelivery 000866409 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)142357$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b3$$kFZJ 000866409 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF3-255$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF3-250$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF3-200$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF3$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$aDE-HGF$$bErde und Umwelt$$lTerrestrische Umwelt$$vTerrestrial Systems: From Observation to Prediction$$x0 000866409 9141_ $$y2019 000866409 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0510$$2StatID$$aOpenAccess 000866409 915__ $$0LIC:(DE-HGF)CCBY4$$2HGFVOC$$aCreative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0 000866409 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118$$kIBG-3$$lAgrosphäre$$x0 000866409 980__ $$ajournal 000866409 980__ $$aVDB 000866409 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED 000866409 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118 000866409 9801_ $$aFullTexts