Methane emission under alternative irrigation regimes in Malaysian rice cultivation

• Main Authors: Pauzai, Nur Fitriah, Sulaiman, Muhammad Firdaus, Mohd Amin, Adibah, Jamal Jaganathan, Nur Azleen, Mohd Hashim, Amalia, Md Suptian, Mohd Fairuz
• Format: Article
• Published: Malaysian Society of Soil Science 2023
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/110184/; https://www.msss.com.my/mjss/v27.php
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Rice cultivation under continuous flooding (CF) is a major anthropogenic emitter of methane gas (CH4) due to the oxygen-deprived state of the submerged soil. The potential of alternative irrigation regimes i.e., mid-season drainage (MD) and alternate wetting and drying (AWD) to reduce CH4 emissions...