Table 6: Estimated daily carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from a silt-loam soil at the Rice Research and Extension Center near Stuttgart, AR across years (2018 and 2019), tillage [conventional tillage (CT) and no-tillage (NT)], and site positions (up-, mid-, and down-slope). Reported values are least square means.

Gas

Year

Position

Tillage

Emissions (mg m-2 d-1)

CO2

2018

Up

-

24596 AB

 

 

Mid

 

28470 A

 

 

Down

 

23351 ABC

 

2019

Up

-

18203 C

 

 

Mid

 

21873 BC

 

 

Down

 

28965 A

CH4

2018

-

CT

11.3 BC

 

 

 

NT

7.2 C

 

2019

-

CT

17.5 AB

 

 

 

NT

26.8 A

 

2018

Up

-

5.5 CD

 

 

Mid

 

3.7 D

 

 

Down

 

36.0 B

 

2019

Up

-

10.6 C

 

 

Mid

 

4.6 D

 

 

Down

 

207.8 A

 

-

Up

CT

8.8 C

 

 

Mid

 

6.9 C

 

 

Down

 

45.7 B

 

-

Up

NT

6.5 C

 

 

Mid

 

2.5 D

 

 

Down

 

163.8 A

N2O

2018

Up

CT

8.9 BC

 

 

Mid

 

27.1 AB

 

 

Down

 

1.2 DE

 

 

Up

NT

46.5 A

 

 

Mid

 

6.5 C

 

 

Down

 

1.0 DE

 

2019

Up

CT

1.0 DE

 

 

Mid

 

2.7 CD

 

 

Down

 

3.4 CD

 

 

Up

NT

0.5 E

 

 

Mid

 

0.6 E

 

 

Down

 

7.1 C

†Means with different letters within table sections, divided by horizontal lines, are different at P < 0.05.