Abstract
Methane emission has been measured during 1991 wet season over all the major paddy growing areas in India. Measurements have been carried out at 24 different sites covering diverse agro-climatic regions. Methane emission studies over the entire cropping period was done at only 10 sites located in West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Delhi. Integrated methane emission over the entire cropping period gave different values in the range 8 to 44 g m−2 for waterlogged (flooded) fields located in different regions and in the range 0.1 to 2.1 g m−2 for intermittently flooded irrigated fields. Occasionally negative methane flux was also observed in intermittently flooded irrigated fields. Methane budget for all paddy cultivation on the basis of data obtained for wet season is estimated to be 4.0 Tg yr−1. Consideration of lower methane emission at lower soil temperatures during other cropping seasons may lead to lower estimate of methane budget from Indian paddy fields.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Ahuja, D.R.: 1990, ‘Estimating Regional Anthropogenic Emissions of Greenhouse Gases, US EPA Climate Change Technical Series, September. Wasnington D.C., 20 pp.
Central Seed Committee Duplication, Department of Agriculture Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development.: 1985, ‘Handbook on Cultivars, New Delhi, India, pp. 8–11.
Cicerone R.J. and Gremland, R.S.: 1988, ‘Biogeochemical aspects of atmospheric methane’, Global Biogeochemical Cycles 2(4), 299–327.
Crutzen, P.J.: 1991, ‘Methane’s sinks and sources, Nature (London) 350, 380–381.
Gupta P.C. and Toole J.C.D.: 1986. ‘Upland rice: A global perspective, IRRI, Philippines, pp. 2–5.
Hogan N. and Braatz B.: 1990, Sustainable rice productivity and methane reduction: Research Plan’. EPA, Washington D.C., pp. 12–14.
Hogan K., Hoffman J.S. and Thompson, A.M.: 1991, ‘Methane on the Green house Agenda. Nature (London) 354. 181–182.
IRRI,: 1984, ‘Terminology for rice growing environments’, Published by International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Laguna, Manila, Philippines, no. 5–16.
IRRI,: 1986, ‘Progress in rainfed lowland rice, Published by International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Phillipines, pp. 4.
IRRI,: 1986, ‘Progress in rainfed lowland rice, Published by International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Phillipines, pp. 28
IRRI,: 1986, ‘Progress in rainfed lowland rice, Published by International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Phillipines, pp. 124
IRRI,: 1986, ‘Progress in rainfed lowland rice, Published by International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Phillipines, pp. 398
Kawaguchi, K. and Kyuma, K.: 1974, ‘Paddy soils in tropical Asia. 1. Description of fertility characteristics’, Southeast Asian Stud. 12(1), 3–24.
Keller, M., Mitre, M.E. and Stallard, R.F.: 1990, ‘Consumption of atmospheric methane in soils of central Panama: Effects of agricultural development’, Global Biogeochemical Cycles 4, 21–27.
Khalil, M.A.K, Rasmussen, R.A., Wang, M.X., and Ren, L.: 1991, ‘Methane emissions from rice fields in China’, Environ. Sci. Technol. 25(5), 979–981.
Ministry of Agriculture,: 1990, ‘All India final estimates of rice: 1989–1990’, New Delhi.
Mitra, A.P. (Ed.): 1991, ‘Global change: Greenhouse gas emissions in India-A preliminary Report No.1.’, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi, India, pp. 18–22.
OECD final report,: 1991, ‘Estimation of green house gases and sinks, Feb. 18–21, Paris, France, pp. 5–36.
OECD final report,: 1991, ‘Estimation of green house gases and sinks, Feb. 18–21, Paris, France, pp. 5–43.
Parashar, D.C., Rai, J., Gupta, Prabhat K., Singh, N.,: 1991, ‘Parameters affecting methane emission from paddy fields, Indian J. Radio & Space Phys. 20, 12–17.
Parashar, D.C., Gupta, Praphat K., Rai, J., Sharma, R.C., and Singh, N.,: 1993, ‘Effect of soil temperature on methane emission from paddy fields’, Chemosphere 26(1–4), 247–250.
Saha, A.K., Rai, J., Raman, V., Sharma, R.C., Parashar, D.C., Sen, S.P. and Sarkar, B.: 1989, ‘Methane emission from inundated fields in a monsoon region’, Indian J.’ Radio & Space Phys. 18, 215–217.
Schutz, H., Holzapfel-Pschorn, A., Conrad, R., Rennenberg, H. and Seiler, W.: 1989, ‘A three year continuous record on the influence of daytime, season and fertilizer treatment on methane emission rates from an Italian rice paddy field, J. Geophys. Res. 94, 405–416.
Steele, L.P., Dlugokencky, E.J., Lang, P.M., Tans, P.P., Martin, R.C. and Masarie, K. A.: 1992, ‘Slowing down of the global accumulation of atmospheric methane during the 1980s’, Nature (London) 358, 313–316.
Vaghjiani, G.L. and Ravishankara, A.R.,: 1991, ‘New measurement of the rate coefficient for the reaction of OH with methane’. Nature (London) 350, 406–409.
Yagi, K. and Minami, K.: 1990, ‘Effect of organic matter application on methane emission from Japanese paddy fields’, Soil Science Plant Nutr. 36, 599–610.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1994 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Parashar, D.C. et al. (1994). Methane Emission Studies and Estimate from Indian Paddy Fields. In: van Ham, J., Janssen, L.J.H.M., Swart, R.J. (eds) Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases: Why and How to Control?. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0982-6_46
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0982-6_46
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-010-4425-7
Online ISBN: 978-94-011-0982-6
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive