CH4 and N2O Emissions in a Rice Field

First Measurements in the Uruguayan Productive System

Authors

  • Pilar Irisarri Universidad de la República, Facultad de Agronomía, Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Virginia Pereyra Universidad de la República, Facultad de Química, Laboratorio de Ecología Microbiana y Ambiental, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Ana Fernández Universidad de la República, Facultad de Química, Laboratorio de Ecología Microbiana y Ambiental, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • José Terra Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA), Treinta y Tres, Uruguay
  • Silvana Tarlera Universidad de la República, Facultad de Química, Laboratorio de Ecología Microbiana y Ambiental, Montevideo, Uruguay

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31285/AGRO.26.1083

Keywords:

rice paddy soil, greenhouse gases, N fertilization

Abstract

Irrigated rice fields are major sources of two important greenhouse gases (GHG), methane and nitrous oxide. As an initial step towards obtaining local information, emissions of CH4 and N2O from rice paddy soil were measured by the static chamber technique in greenhouse and field experiments conducted in eastern Uruguay. In the greenhouse experiment, the effect of two flooding moments (21 and 45 days after emergence) and nitrogen fertilization (0 and 50 kg N ha-1) on gas emissions was studied. Early flooding and nitrogen fertilization tended to increase N2O emissions. In the field experiment, effect of winter soil cover crop and nitrogen fertilization (0 and 82 kg N ha-1) were tested. Higher CH4 fluxes were observed mainly during the reproductive stage of the plant in the N-fertilized treatment with ryegrass winter crop. N2O flux peaked at flushing. Results indicate that the use of cover crops might increase GHG emissions during the rice cycle. Despite differences in agronomic management practices employed in Uruguay, CH4 and N2O fluxes are within magnitudes previously reported for rice fields worldwide.

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Published

2022-07-21

How to Cite

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Irisarri P, Pereyra V, Fernández A, Terra J, Tarlera S. CH4 and N2O Emissions in a Rice Field: First Measurements in the Uruguayan Productive System. Agrocienc Urug [Internet]. 2022 Jul. 21 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];26(NE2):e1083. Available from: https://agrocienciauruguay.uy/index.php/agrociencia/article/view/1083

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Plant Biology
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