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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Environmental Chemistry

In an agricultural field, which among the following is the highest producer of methane?

  1. A Wheat crop
  2. B Paddy crop
  3. C Cotton crop
  4. D Groundnut crop
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(B) Paddy crop

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Rice is grown in flooded fields, a situation that depletes the soil of oxygen. Soils that are anaerobic (lacking oxygen) allow the bacteria that produce methane from decomposing organic matter to thrive. Some of this methane then bubbles to the surface, but most of it is…