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Applications of a commercial formulation of carbofuran, a carbamate insecticide, at rates of 2kg and 12kg active ingredient ha–1 to flooded fields planted to rice led to significant inhibition of methane emission. Likewise, laboratory incubation studies showed that carbofuran applied at low rates (5 and 10μgg–1soil) inhibited the net methane production relative to that of the control, but stimulated it when applied at a rate of 100μgg–1soil. Interestingly, carbofuran increased the oxidation of methane when applied at low rates and inhibited it when applied at a rate of 100μgg–1soil.
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Received: 5 May 1997
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Kumaraswamy, S., Rath, A., Satpathy, S. et al. Influence of the insecticide carbofuran on the production and oxidation of methane in a flooded rice soil. Biol Fertil Soils 26, 362–366 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003740050389
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003740050389