Influence of incorporation or dual cropping of Azolla on methane emission from a flooded alluvial soil planted to rice in eastern India

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-83

  Bharati, K ^a   Mohanty, S R ^a   Singh, D P ^a   Rao, V R ^a   Adhya, T K ^a  

^a CENTRAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Azolla application; Flooded soil; Grain yield; Methane efflux; Rice plants

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CROP PRODUCTION; FLOODED SOIL; GREEN MANURING; METHANE; RICE;

INDIA;

AZOLLA CAROLINIANA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0034082830     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(99)00148-6     Document Type: Article

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