Belowground plant allocation regulates rice methane emissions from degraded peat soils.

ABSTRACT: Carbon-rich peat soils have been drained and used extensively for agriculture throughout human history, leading to significant losses of their soil carbon. One solution for rewetting degraded peat is wet crop cultivation. Crops such as rice, which can grow in water-saturated conditions, could enable agricultural production to be maintained whilst reducing CO₂ and N₂O emissions from peat. However, wet rice cultivation can release considerable methane (CH₄). Water table and soil management strategies may enhance rice yield and minimize CH₄ emissions, but they also influence plant biomass allocation strategies. It remains unclear how water and soil management influences rice allocation strategies and how changing plant allocation and associated trai

SUBMITTER: Sriskandarajah N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11199496 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature