Abstract:In order to clarify the effects of microbial agents combined with urea on reactive gaseous nitrogen (N2O and NH3) emissions and vegetable yield,a field experiment was designed to simultaneously measure N2O and NH3 fluxes using the static opaque chamber-gas chromatograph and ventilation chamber-ammonia capture method,respectively.Three following field treatments were set up including control (CK),urea (U),and urea combined with microbial agents (EM).The results showed that compared with CK treatment,the U treatment increased vegetable yield as well as reactive gaseous nitrogen emissions,though the increase trends were not significant.However,the combination of microbial agents with urea markedly enhanced both the vegetable yield and reactive gaseous nitrogen emissions (P<0.05),specifically,the vegetable yield,cumulative N2O emission,cumulative NH3 emission,reactive gaseous nitrogen emission and emission intensity were significantly increased by 22.28%,103.46%,45.07%,92.80% and 57.14%,respectively.It can be concluded that,besides the economic benefits by increasing vegetable yield,the enhancement of reactive gaseous nitrogen emissions and the resulting environmental losses need to be carefully evaluated for application of microbial agents in vegetable fields.