• DOI:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03604.x
Corpus ID: 5603843

Zero methane emission bogs: extreme rhizosphere oxygenation by cushion plants in Patagonia.

@article{Fritz2011ZeroME,
  title={Zero methane emission bogs: extreme rhizosphere oxygenation by cushion plants in Patagonia.},
  author={C. Fritz and V. Pancotto and Josephus T. M. Elzenga and Eric J. W. Visser and Ab P. Grootjans and A. Pol and R. Iturraspe and Jan G. M. Roelofs and Alfons J. P. Smolders},
  journal={The New phytologist},
  year={2011},
  volume={190 2},
  pages={
          398-408
        }
}

C. Fritz, V. Pancotto, +6 authors Alfons J. P. Smolders

Published 2011

Environmental Science, Medicine

The New phytologist

• Vascular wetland plants may substantially increase methane emissions by producing root exudates and easily degradable litter, and by providing a low-resistance diffusion pathway via their aerenchyma. However, model studies have indicated that vascular plants can reduce methane emission when soil oxygen demand is exceeded by oxygen released from roots. Here, we tested whether these conditions occur in bogs dominated by cushion plants. • Root-methane interactions were studied by comparing… CONTINUE READING

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