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      Table 1 Effect of the amendment materials on rice yield, cumulative GHGs emission and global-warming potentials

                                     Rice yield                       Cumulative GHGs emission                                         Global-warming potential                                                     Global-warming
                                               -1                                                                                                              -1
                                                                                                                                                                                         Global-warming
                                      (Mg ha )                                                                                               (kg CO2-eq ha )                                                             potential
Treatment                                                                                                                                                                                     potential
                                                              CO2                  CH4                    N2O                                                                                                       (kg CO2-eq Mg-1
                                                                                                                                 CO2                    CH4                 N2O          (kg CO2-eq ha-1)
                                                            (g m-2)               (g m-2)               (g m-2)                                                                                                            yield)
Early paddy
Control                             4.63±0.64a           2747±174a             6.51±0.43a           0.127±0.051a           27473±1744a              2214±145a           377±152a           30063±1686a                 6811±1244a
Steel slag                          4.67±0.20a           2635±192a             5.83±0.47a           0.092±0.007a           26352±1915a              1982±160a            274±21a           28608±1782a                  6182±615a
Biochar                             4.91±0.52a           2476±329a             6.99±1.62a           0.107±0.020a           24756±3287a              2375±550a            320±59a           27451±3590a                 5816±1147a
Steel slag+biochar                  5.06±0.26a            2233±71a             4.29±0.08b           0.101±0.005a            22332±709a              1458±27b             301±16a            24091±703a                  4798±393a
Late paddy
Control                             6.73±0.94a          3241±90a             17.80±1.52a           0.146±0.059a             32412±895a              6053±516a           434±175a           38899±1332a                  5994±784a
Steel slag                          6.83±0.19a          2844±58b             15.15±4.05a           0.106±0.008a             28438±577b             5151±1378a            316±24a          33905±1975ab                 4972±304ab
Biochar                             6.97±0.21a          2419±195c            10.04±7.28a           0.124±0.023a            24188±1945c             3414±2476a            369±69a           27971±4161b                  4033±644b
Steel slag+biochar                  7.20±0.14a          2550±110bc           11.85±3.64ba          0.116±0.006a           25500±1102bc            4028±1238ba            347±19a           29875±1175b                  4153±167b
Early paddy + late paddy                 Sum                                        Sum                                          Sum                    Sum                 Sum                  Sum                        Sum
Control                             11.36±0.52a         5988±246a            24.31±1.35a           0.273±0.109a            59885±2463a              8267±459a           810±326a           68962±2731a                12805±1547a
Steel slag                          11.50±0.12a         5479±240ab           20.98±3.91a           0.198±0.015a           54790±2396ab             7133±1328a            590±45a          62513±3556ab                11154±787ab
Biochar                             11.88±0.48a         4895±287b            17.03±6.87a           0.231±0.043a            48944±2872b             5788±2336a           689±128a           55422±2826b                 9848±686ab
Steel slag+biochar                  12.26±0.35a         4783±86b             16.14±3.58a           0.217±0.012a             47831±856b             5485±1216a            649±35a           53965±1620b                  8951±552b

      Different letters within a column indicate significant differences between the amended treatments and the control (P<0.05) obtained by Bonferroni’s post hoc test.