Control of microbial methane production in wetland rice fields

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 59-69

  Conrad, Ralf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Methanogenic archaea; Microbial community; Mitigation; Rice root; Rice straw; Syntrophy; Temperature; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PADDY FIELD; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; METHANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0036950138     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021178713988     Document Type: Conference Paper

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