Methane Emission from Paddy Fields and its Mitigation Options on a Field Scale

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 135-147

  Minamikawa, Kazunori ^a   Sakai, Naoki ^b   Yagi, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

field management; global warming; methane; paddy field; rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015523966     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.21.135     Document Type: Article

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