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) |