Within field spatial variation in methane emissions from lowland rice in Myanmar

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Table 1 Physico-chemical properties of the experimental soils at different positions within the field before transplanting of lowland paddy rice, 2012

		Sand	Silt	Clay	TN	TC	Organic matter (%)	pH	EC
		(%)	(%)	(%)	(g kg ⁻¹ )	(g kg ⁻¹ )	Organic matter (%)	pH	(ms m ⁻¹ )
1 ^st field	Inlet	37.8 a	28.0 b	34.2 c	0.28 a	2.2 ab	5.1 a	6.0 bc	0.44 ab
	Middle	19.9 b	37.4 b	40.7 bc	0.32 a	2.0 b	5.3 a	6.4 a	0.41 b
	Outlet	10.8 c	44.5 ab	44.7 ab	0.33 a	2.7 a	5.5 a	6.2 ab	0.58 a
2 ^nd field	Inlet	10.2 c	36.0 b	53.8 a	0.12 b	2.5 a	5.4 a	5.7 d	0.56 a
	Middle	8.3 c	48.7 a	39.0 bc	0.12 b	2.0 b	4.7 ab	5.7 d	0.39 b
	Outlet	9.7 c	52.0 a	38.4 bc	0.08 b	1.1 c	4.2 b	5.9 cd	0.32 b

Means with the same letter are not significant difference at 5% level by Fischer.