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