Table 2: Mean (± standard error) pre- (i.e., establishment of the flood to end-of-season flood release) and post-flood-release (i.e., after end-of-season flood release) methane (CH4) emissions and emissions intensity among tillage practices (conventional tillage and no-tillage) and N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT) rate (coated and non-coated urea) 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.

Treatment Pre-flood-release CH4 emissions
(kg CH4-C ha-1 season-1)
Post-flood-release CH4 emissions
(kg CH4-C ha-1 season-1)
Emissions intensity
[kg CH4-C (Mg grain)-1]
Conventional tillage 27.8 (2.0) 1.24 (0.16) 3.2 (0.22)
No-tillage 40.6 (3.2) 1.57 (0.17) 5.4 (0.34)
NBPT-coated urea 32 (3.6) 1.40 (0.17) 4.1 (0.53)
Non-coated urea 36.4 (3.4) 1.40 (0.19) 4.4 (0.46)