Characterisation of a low methane emission rice cultivar suitable for cultivation in high latitude light and temperature conditions.
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Hu J, Bettembourg M, Moreno S, Zhang A, Schnürer A, Sun C, Sundström J, Jin Y
Environ Sci Pollut Res 30 (40) 92950-92962 [2023-08-00; online 2023-07-27]
Rice cultivation on paddy soil is commonly associated with emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas, but rice varieties may differ in their actual level of emissions. This study analysed methane emissions associated with 22 distinct rice genotypes, using gas chromatography, and identified the cultivar Heijing 5 from northern China as a potential low-methane rice variety. To confirm this and to examine whether Heijing 5 can perform similarly at higher latitudes, Heijing 5 was cultivated in field trials in China (lat. 32° N) and Sweden (lat. 59° N) where (i) methane emissions were measured, (ii) methanogen abundance in the rhizosphere was determined using quantitative PCR, and (iii) the concentrations of nutrients in water and of heavy metals in rice grain and paddy soil were analysed. The results demonstrated that the low-methane rice cultivar Heijing 5 can successfully complete an entire growth period at high-latitude locations such as central Sweden. Massively parallel sequencing of mRNAs identified candidate genes involved in day length and cold acclimatisation. Cultivation of Heijing 5 in central Sweden was also associated with relatively low heavy metal accumulation in rice grains and lowered nutrient losses to neighbouring water bodies.
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PubMed 37501024
DOI 10.1007/s11356-023-28985-w
Crossref 10.1007/s11356-023-28985-w
pmc: PMC10447601
pii: 10.1007/s11356-023-28985-w