Table 1: Analysis of variance summary of the effects of tillage practice (conventional tillage and no-tillage), N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT) rate (coated and non-coated urea), time as days after flooding (DAF), and their interactions on methane fluxes and the effects of tillage practice, NBPT rate, and their interaction on pre- and post-flood-release and season-long, area- and yield-scaled (i.e., emissions intensity) methane emissions from rice grown on a silt-loam soil in the direct-seeded, delayed-flood production system at the Rice Research and Extension Center near Stuttgart, AR in 2017. Bolded values represent significant effects (P < 0.05).
Property/Treatment effect | P |
Methane flux | |
Tillage | 0.17 |
Fertilizer | 0.22 |
DAF | < 0.01 |
Tillage × fertilizer | 0.60 |
Tillage × DAF | < 0.01 |
Fertilizer × DAF | 0.81 |
Tillage × fertilizer × DAF | 0.35 |
Pre-flood-release emissions | |
Tillage | 0.11 |
Fertilizer | 0.15 |
Tillage × fertilizer | 0.55 |
Post-flood-release emissions | |
Tillage | 0.32 |
Fertilizer | 0.99 |
Tillage × fertilizer | 0.94 |
Season-long, area-scaled emissions | |
Tillage | 0.11 |
Fertilizer | 0.21 |
Tillage × fertilizer | 0.71 |
Season-long, yield-scaled emissions | |
Tillage | 0.06 |
Fertilizer | 0.21 |
Tillage × fertilizer | 0.14 |