CH4 and N2O Emissions in a Rice Field: First Measurements in the Uruguayan Productive System. [Emisiones de CH4 y N2O en un arrozal: primeras medidas en el sistema productivo uruguayo]. [Special Issue 25 Years Agrociencia].

ABSTRACT.- Irrigated rice fields are major sources of two important greenhouse gases (GHG), methane and nitrous oxide. As an initial step towards obtaining local information, emissions of CH4 and N2O from rice paddy soil were measured by the static chamber technique in greenhouse and field experiments conducted in eastern Uruguay. In the greenhouse experiment, the effect of two flooding moments (21 and 45 days after emergence) and nitrogen fertilization (0 and 50 kg N ha-1) on gas emissions was studied. Early flooding and nitrogen fertilization tended to increase N2O emissions.