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US 12,630,765 B2Granted
Fertilizer composition for reducing methane gas emission comprising ethephon and uses thereof
AssigneeIndustry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Gyeongsang National University
InventorsPil Joo Kim, Gil Won Kim, Byung Yun Ha, Songrae Cho, Jiyeon Lim
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Abstract
A fertilizer composition according to an embodiment may reduce methane gas emission. The fertilizer composition includes ethephon as an effective component, and has an excellent effect of reducing the emission amount of methane gas from soils in which crops are cultivated. As the fertilizer application can be reduced to one application, labor can be saved and also environmental contamination can be prevented.
Claims7
A method for reducing methanogenesis, the method comprising:
- applying a composition comprising ethephon as an effective component, cellulose acetate and gypsum to an area including rice paddy soils for cultivating rice,
- wherein the composition comprises 0.3 to 1% by weight of ethephon, 94 to 98% by weight of gypsum, and 1.5 to 5% by weight of cellulose acetate, based on a total weight of the composition.
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