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.