Table 5: Summary of the effects of fertilizer-phosphorus (P) source on season-long methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and total global warming potential (GWP) and CO2-excluded GWP using the IPCC sixth (IPCC, 2021) assessment conversion factors during 2023 in the greenhouse.

Greenhouse gas property

P

Fertilizer-P source

Overall mean

ECSTReala

ECSTSyna

CPSTa

MAPa

UCa

Season-long Emissions

     CH4 (kg ha-1)

0.28

0.65

0.26

0.88

0.47

0.67

0.59

     N2O (kg ha-1)

< 0.01

1.9 b*

1.6 b

2.2 b

1.8 b

6.1 a

-

     CO2 (Mg ha-1)

0.01

23.0 a

22.0 a

22.0 a

23.3 a

13.6 b

-

Total GWP (kg CO2-equivalents ha-1 season-1)

 

0.02

23487 a

22458 a

22655 a

23819 a

15215 b

-

CO2-excluded GWP (kg CO2-equivalents ha-1 season-1)

 

< 0.01

530.3 b

425.1 b

608.7 b

488.0 b

1622.7 a

-

a Electrochemically precipitated struvite made from a synthetic solution, ECSTSyn; electrochemically precipitated struvite made from a real wastewater, ECSTReal; chemically precipitated struvite, CPST; monoammonium phosphate, MAP; unamended control, UC

* Means followed by a letter with the same case do not differ (P > 0.05)