Effects of rice plants on methane emission from paddy fields

Abstract

Abstract: Methane emission from rice paddy fields is the net result of the combination of many processes, i.e., CH₄ production, CH₄ oxidation and CH₄ transportation in paddy soil. Rice plants play a key role in the CH₄ emission from paddy fields, particularly in all the processes involved. The positive and negative effects of rice plants on CH₄ emission from paddy fields are well recognized as the main factors influencing the temporal variation of CH₄ emission flux in paddy field. Process-based studies about the effects of rice plants on methane emission from paddy fields were summarized, and different roles of rice plants on this emission were discussed. Root exudates and litters of rice plants could serve as the substrate for methanogenesis and enhance the CH₄ production of paddy soils, resulting in a high CH₄ emission peak, particularly in rice late growing season. Rhizospheric CH₄ oxidation induced by rice root-excreted oxygen constitutes a main biogenic sink of CH₄, which could account for 36～90% of CH₄ produced in paddy soil over the entire growing season of rice. Up to 80% and more of CH₄ released from rice field during a growing season could be emitted by rice plant-mediated transport. The fully developed aerenchyma of rice plants could be of importance in CH₄ emission during rice growing seasons, and responsible for the CH₄ emission peak observed at rice early growing season.

Key words: Rice plants, Rice paddy fields, Methane emission

CLC Number:

X142

JIA Zhongjun, CAI Zucong . Effects of rice plants on methane emission from paddy fields[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2003, (11): 2049-2053.

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