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Association between contrasting methane emissions of two rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars from the irrigated agroecosystem of northeast India and their growth and photosynthetic characteristics

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Over two consecutive years in the North Bank Plain Zone of Assam, India, during the spring growing season (February–June) of- 2006 and 2007 we examined effects of morpho-physiological characteristics of rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants in relation to methane (CH4) emission from paddy fields. Traditional cultivar “Agni” and modern improved cultivar “Ranjit” were grown in light textured loamy soil under irrigation. A higher seasonal integrated methane flux (E sif) was recorded from “Agni” compared to “Ranjit”. Both cultivars exhibited an emission peak during active vegetative growth and a second peak at panicle initiation. Leaf and tiller number, leaf area, length, and volume of root were greater in “Agni”, but grain yield and yield-related parameters such as increased photosynthate partitioning to panicles at the expense of roots were greater in “Ranjit”. “Ranjit” also photosynthesed faster than “Agni” during panicle development but slower than “Agni” at tillering. In both the years, a higher soil organic carbon content was recorded in plots of “Agni”. Our results suggest that in “Agni” enhanced diversion of photosynthate to roots resulted in more substrate being available to methanogenic bacteria in the rhizosphere. Additionally, the more extensive vegetative growth of this cultivar may enhance methane transport from the soil to the above-ground atmosphere.

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  1. Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, 784 028, India

    Kaushik Das & K. K. Baruah

  2. Department of Crop Physiology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, 785 013, India

    Kaushik Das

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Das, K., Baruah, K.K. Association between contrasting methane emissions of two rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars from the irrigated agroecosystem of northeast India and their growth and photosynthetic characteristics. Acta Physiol Plant 30, 569–578 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-008-0156-4

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