Soil redox potential directly affects the rate of denitrification
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Soil redox potential, driven by oxygen availability and moisture status, directly controls the microenvironmental conditions necessary for microbial denitrification and gaseous nitrogen emissions.
Evidence for · 5
Denitrification in soil as a function of oxygen availability at the microscale
2021 · cited by 113
Paper 0 establishes that oxygen availability and soil respiration acting as electron acceptors—key components of soil redox dynamics—directly control denitrification and N2O/N2 emissions.
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Nitrous Oxide Fluxes, Soil Oxygen, and Denitrification Potential of Urine- and Non-Urine-Treated Soil under Different Irrigation Frequencies.
2016 · cited by 48
Paper 1 shows that soil oxygen availability and moisture, which dictate redox status, act as primary controllers of denitrification and gas fluxes.
Oxygen Consumption and Denitrification Kinetics in Soil
1982 · cited by 21
Paper 3 demonstrates that oxygen consumption and electron acceptor supply (the foundation of soil redox conditions) directly govern denitrification kinetics and gas production rates.
Soil aeration and redox potential as function of pore connectivity unravelled by X‐ray microtomography imaging
2021 · cited by 16
Paper 4 links pore connectivity and air-filled porosity to the shift in soil redox potential (Eh), which governs soil aeration and microenvironmental oxygen control over biogeochemical pathways.
Potassium Fertilization Partially Mitigates Elevated N2O Emissions Under Alternate Wetting and Drying in Paddy Fields
2026 · cited by 1
Paper 9 integrates soil redox potential (Eh) and functional gene abundances under different irrigation regimes to explain shifts in denitrification-driven N2O emissions.