Fig 1.
Changes in CH4 emission rates with time (A) and total CH4 fluxes (B) under different levels of BES application during rice cultivation.
Error bar indicates standard deviation (n = 3; mean ± SD). Different letters indicate significant difference according to Tukey’s post-hoc test (P<0.05).
Fig 2.
Changes of coenzyme M concentrations (A) and mcrA gene copy number (B) in rice paddy soils under different levels of BES application during rice cultivation.
Error bar indicates standard deviation (n = 3; mean ± SD). Different letters indicate significant difference according to the Tukey’s post-hoc test (p<0.05).
Table 1.
Enzyme activities in soil at varying cultivation stages of rice plant tested in paddy fields with different levels of BES application.
Table 2.
CH4 flux per grain yield, soil and rice plant growth and yield characteristics with different levels of BES at harvest.
Fig 3.
Relationships between CH4 emission rates, coenzyme M concentration (A) and mcrA gene copy number (B) during rice cultivation.
Table 3.
Correlation between total CH4 flux, soil properties, rice plant growth and yield characteristics.