V. R. Rao

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of water regime, organic amendment, inorganic amendment and rice cultivars on CH4 emission from rice fields at Cuttack (State of Orissa, eastern India) has been recorded using an automatic measurement system (closed chamber method) from 1995-1998.

TL;DR: In this article, a study on CH4 emission from flooded rice fields under irrigated conditions, fields planted with rice emitted more methane than unplanted fields, and the CH4 efflux in planted plots varied with the rice variety and growth stage and ranged from 4 to 26 mg h-1m-2.

TL;DR: In this article, experiments were conducted to determine methane emission from a rainfed lowland rice field and an irrigated shallow rice field (4-6 cm), both planted to the same cultivar, cv. 'Gayatri' as influenced by fertilizer management practices.

TL;DR: The possibility of reduced methane emissions through appropriate water management in a rainfed rice ecosystem is suggested by the results of a greenhouse study using the closed chamber method.

TL;DR: Results of national methane campaign launched in 1991 to assess methane budget from Indian paddy fields are reported as discussed by the authors, which involved a number of scientific institutions and universities with National Physical Laboratory at Delhi operating as a nodal agency and covered most of the major rice growing regions of India.