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Mitigating Global Warming Potentials of Methane and Nitrous Oxide Gases from Rice Paddies under different irrigation regimes

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A field experiment was conducted in Bangladesh Agricultural University Farm to investigate the mitigating effects of soil amendments such as calcium carbide, calcium silicate, phosphogypsum, and biochar with urea fertilizer on global warming potentials (GWPs) of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) gases during rice cultivation under continuous and intermittent irrigations. Among the amendments phosphogypsum and silicate fertilizer, being potential source of electron acceptors, decreased maximum level of seasonal CH4 flux by 25–27 % and 32–38 % in continuous and intermittent irrigations, respectively. Biochar and calcium carbide amendments, acting as nitrification inhibitors, decreased N2O emissions by 36–40 % and 26–30 % under continuous and intermittent irrigations, respectively. The total GWP of CH4 and N2O gases were decreased by 7–27 % and 6–34 % with calcium carbide, phosphogypsum, and silicate fertilizer amendments under continuous and intermittent irrigations, respectively. However, biochar amendments increased overall GWP of CH4 and N2O gases.

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The authors are grateful to the Muhammad Hussain Central Lab., BAU, Bangladesh and Environmental Soil Chemistry Lab., Gyeongsang National University, Republic of Korea for their analytical support.

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  1. Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh

    Muhammad Aslam Ali

  2. Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh

    M. Anamul Hoque

  3. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Gyeongsang National University, 900 Gazwadong, Jinju, 660-701, Republic of Korea

    Pil Joo Kim

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Ali, M.A., Hoque, M.A. & Kim, P.J. Mitigating Global Warming Potentials of Methane and Nitrous Oxide Gases from Rice Paddies under different irrigation regimes. AMBIO 42, 357–368 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-012-0349-3

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