“…Our estimates are consistent over the three seasons and comparable to previously published rates from rice fields from temperate countries. Reports from continuously irrigated systems include the following values of kg CH 4 ha −1 : 634 (Hadi et al, 2010); 250 (Cicerone et al, 1992); 112-404 (Schütz et al, 1989); 200-500 (Gutierrez et al, 2013) from Japan, California, Italy and South Korea, respectively. Two continuously irrigated systems (direct-seeded, delayed flood) similar to ours have reported values of 270 kg CH 4 ha −1 (Rogers et al, 2012) and 340-423 kg CH 4 ha −1 (Moterle et al, 2013) from rice fields in Arkansas, USA, and southern Brazil, respectively.…”