Mei Bai

Ammonia, methane and nitrous oxide emissions from furrow irrigated cotton crops from two nitrogen fertilisers and application methods

Mei Bai, Helen Suter, Ben Macdonald, Graeme Schwenke

Journal article  |  2021  |  Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Beef cattle methane emissions measured with tracer-ratio and inverse dispersion modelling techniques

Mei Bai, Jose Velazco, Trevor W Coates, Frances A Phillips, Thomas K Flesch, Julian Hill, David G Mayer, Nigel W Tomkins, Roger S Hegarty, Deli Chen

Journal article  |  2021  |  Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

The development and validation of management practices to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from livestock require accurate ..

Enhanced nitrogen retention by lignite during poultry litter composting

Yun Cao, Mei Bai, Bing Han, Robert Impraim, Clayton Butterly, Hangwei Hu, Jizheng He, Deli Chen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Cleaner Production

Composting is an effective method to transform organic wastes into soil amendments. However, significant nitrogen (N) is lost thro..

Lignite as additives accelerates the removal of antibiotic resistance genes during poultry litter composting

Yun Cao, Hang-Wei Hu, Hai-Gang Guo, Clayton Butterly, Mei Bai, Yu-Shu Zhang, Deli Chen, Ji-Zheng He

Journal article  |  2020  |  Bioresource Technology

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in animal manure are a great threat to human health. This study investigated the effects of lig..

Lignite effects on NH3, N2O, CO2 and CH4 emissions during composting of manure

Mei Bai, Robert Impraim, Trevor Coates, Thomas Flesch, Raphael Trouve, Hans van Grinsven, Yun Cao, Julian Hill, Deli Chen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Environmental Management

Production of compost from cattle manure results in ammonia (NH3) and greenhouse gas emissions, causing the loss of valuable nitro..

Societal benefits of halving agricultural ammonia emissions in China far exceed the abatement costs

Xiuming Zhang, Baojing Gu, Hans van Grinsven, Shu Kee Lam, Xia Liang, Mei Bai, Deli Chen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Nature Communications

Mitigating agricultural ammonia (NH3) emissions in China is urgently needed to avoid further damage to human and ecosystem health...

Ammonia emissions from irrigated pastures on Solonetz in Victoria, Australia

Owen Thomas Denmead, Mei Bai, Debra Turner, Yong Li, Robert Edis, Deli Chen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Geoderma Regional

This paper reports ammonia (NH ) emissions from irrigated, fertilized pastures grazed intensively by dairy cattle in Victoria, Aus..

Gas emissions during cattle manure composting and stockpiling

Mei Bai, Thomas Flesch, Raphael Trouve, Trevor Coates, Clayton Butterly, Bhawana Bhatta, Julian Hill, Deli Chen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Environmental Quality

Manure composting is a common management practice for cattle feedlots, but gaseous emissions from composting are poorly understood..

Decreasing ammonia loss from an Australian pasture with the use of enhanced efficiency fertilizers

Shu Kee Lam, Helen Suter, Mei Bai, Charlie Walker, Arvin R Mosier, Hans van Grinsven, Deli Chen

Journal article  |  2019  |  Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Mitigating ammonia (NH3) volatilization from intensive pasture systems is critical for environmental sustainability. However, fiel..

Comparison of slant open-path flux gradient and static closed chamber techniques to measure soil N2O emissions

Mei Bai, Helen Suter, Shu Kee Lam, Thomas K Flesch, Deli Chen

Journal article  |  2019  |  Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Improving direct field measurement techniques to quantify gas emissions from cropped agricultural fields is challenging. We compar..