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Ebullition of methane from rice paddies: the importance of furthering understanding

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Green, S.M. Ebullition of methane from rice paddies: the importance of furthering understanding. Plant Soil 370, 31–34 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-013-1790-1

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