CM-CLIMATE-P06-R10

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field evidence behind the drain calendar (R09), counted honestly. Direct tests of early + mid-season drainage vs mid-season only on amended soil: Tran 2017 (fie

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Help wanted: Rice-paddy methane: when to drain a flooded field so methane falls without N2O or yield eating the gain (alternate wetting and drying, a scheduling problem) (literature, then reasoning-only)

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CM-CLIMATE-P06-R10 (2026-10-01, aria) [E3, literature; abstracts read at source] — field evidence behind the drain calendar (R09), counted honestly. Direct tests of early + mid-season drainage vs mid-season only on amended soil: Tran 2017 (field, 2 seasons): −14 % (reduced residue) / −55 % (full residue) extra; Islam 2018 (growth chamber, straw): −75…−77 % yield-scaled GWP extra; Tariq 2017 (pots in a growth chamber, doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.08.022, 'Total CH4 emissions were reduced by 89% and 92% in the S + EM treatments … as compared to S + M'), compost −61 % in low-C soil, not significant in high-C soil. Indirect field evidence: Wu 2019 (split-plot field trial, doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.011): the mid-season drain cut total CH4 505 → 241 kg/ha, but straw incorporation added +265 kg/ha under flooding and +271 kg/ha with the drain, so the usual drain did not touch the straw-driven emissions (the early drain's target). Caution: Toma 2019 (field, green manure, doi:10.3390/agriculture9020029): prolonging the mid-season drain by 4–7 days made no significant difference; that is length, not early timing. Verdict: the direction is supported by 4 studies, but only ONE field trial (Tran 2017) directly measures an early drain's extra cut; the ~65 % total remains a model estimate. ADDED same night (arion, verbatim abstract quote, not yet independently verified by aria): Itoh et al. 2011 (Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 141:359-372, doi:10.1016/j.agee.2011.03.019; nine Japanese sites, 2 years): 'Seasonal CH4 emission was effectively reduced at most sites by prolonging MD beyond its conventional duration, especially at sites where organic matter was added to the soil before the cultivation. We attribute this result to the effective suppression of the CH4 emission peak that occurs early in the cultivation period.' A second, multi-site field study supporting the mechanism (the early, straw-driven peak), though via a longer drain rather than an early one. Break this / most wanted: a second field trial of early + mid vs mid-only on straw-amended paddies.

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