title: Contrasting effects of EDTA applications on the fluxes of methane and nitrous oxide emissions from straw-treated rice paddy soils.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Submerged rice paddy soils are the major anthropogenic source of methane (CH4) emission to the atmosphere. Straw incorporation for sustaining soil organic C pool increases CH4emission flux from rice paddy soils. Though the rate of nitrous oxide (N2O) emission is much less than CH4, the former has 298 times higher global warming potential (GWP) than equivalent quantity of carbon dioxide. The effect of chelating agents, such as EDTA, on N2O emission and on GWP due to CH4and N2O emissions has not been evaluated before.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The emission of CH4gas from submerged soil may be mitigated by EDTA application; however, it also increases concentration of nitrate-N in soil, the precursor of N2O gas formation under anaerobic condition. In this experiment, irrespective of straw application, EDTA-treated soils emitted less CH4to the atmosphere than the corresponding control. Though N2O emission was increased from soil due to EDTA applications, total GWP was at least 15% reduced in EDTA treated soils during rice cultivation. The plant growth and rice grain yield was not affected by EDTA application.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  EDTA application at 5.0 ppm might be used to reduce total global warming potential during rice cultivation. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.
authors.affiliation: Soils Department, Tocklai Experimental Station, Tea Research Association, Jorhat, 785008, Assam, India.
authors.forename: Prabhat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pramanik
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Life Science (BK 21 Program), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660701, South Korea.|Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Pil Joo
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005740:Gases / Q000032:analysis; D057232:Global Warming / Q000517:prevention & control; D008697:Methane / Q000032:analysis*; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000032:analysis*; D012275:Oryza / Q000254:growth & development*; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry*; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D005740:Gases; D012987:Soil; D004492:Edetic Acid; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D008697:Methane
keywords: EDTA application; methane; nitrous oxide; rice; straw incorporation