Generation of methane from paddy fields and cattle in india, and its reduction at source

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 2569-2574

  Bandyopadhyay, T K ^a   Goyal, P ^b   Singh, M P ^b  

^a BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Global warming; Livestock; Methane; Paddy fields

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RICE; RUMINANT STOMACH; WASTE;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANOGENS; PROTOZOA;

INDIA; LIVESTOCK; METHANOGENIC BACTERIA; PADDY FIELDS; RUMINANTS;

METHANE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION REDUCTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIVESTOCK; PADDY FIELD;

INDIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0029663005     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00478-5     Document Type: Article

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