Interactive effects of nitrogen and potassium on: Grain yield, nitrogen uptake and nitrogen use efficiency of rice in low potassium fertility soil in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 236 ◽  
pp. 14-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenfeng Hou ◽  
Xinxin Xue ◽  
Xiaokun Li ◽  
Muhammad Rizwan Khan ◽  
Jinyao Yan ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
B. Balaganesh ◽  
P. Malarvizhi ◽  
N. Chandra Sekaran ◽  
P. Jeyakumar ◽  
K. R. Latha ◽  
...  

Controlled release nitrogen fertilizers could be an excellent management approach for improving nitrogen fertilizer efficiency. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of coated urea fertilizers to increase nitrogen uptake and utilization of maize. The nitrogen use efficiency of maize from various biodegradable polymer-coated urea fertilizers, such as palm stearin coated urea (PSCU), pine oleoresin coated urea (POCU), and humic acid coated urea (HACU), was determined in a pot culture experiment conducted at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, during 2021. The coating materials have been coated on urea with different coating thicknesses, viz., PSCU - 5, 10, 15%, POCU – 2, 4, 6%, and HACU - 5, 10, 15%. Among all the treatments, T11: HACU 15% produced highest grain yield (72.0g plant-1) followed by T7: POCU 4% (69.7 g plant-1) and T4: PSCU 10% (69.0g plant-1). In terms of dry matter production, T10: PSCU 10% produced maximum dry matter (186.5g plant-1), followed by T11: HACU 15% (186.2 g plant-1), and T7: POCU 4% (185.3g plant-1). The nitrogen uptake by the maize plant was higher in T7: POCU 4 % (1.62g plant-1), followed by T11: HACU 15% (1.59 g plant-1) and T4: PSCU 10% (1.59g plant-1). Irrespective of treatments, the highest nitrogen utilization by the maize crop was found in T7: POCU 4% (73.9%) followed by T4: PSCU 10% (71.1%) and T11: HACU 15% (70.9%) treatments. When compared to uncoated urea fertilizer, all coated urea fertilizers outperformed uncoated urea fertilizer in terms of grain yield, dry matter accumulation, and nitrogen uptake. To improve the nitrogen use efficiency, coated urea fertilizers prove to be a promising alternative to uncoated urea fertilizers.


2003 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Singh ◽  
Y. S. Shivay

A field experiment was carried out during the rainy season (June-October) of 1998 at the Research Farm of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India to study the effect of coating prilled urea with eco-friendly neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.) formulations in improving the efficiency of nitrogen use in hybrid rice. The experiment was laid out in a split-plot design with three replications. Two rice cultivars, hybrid rice (NDHR-3) and Pusa Basmati-1, formed the main plots, with the levels of nitrogen (0, 60, 120 and 180 kg N ha-1) and various forms of urea at 120 kg N ha-1 in the sub-plots. The results obtained in this study showed that the rice hybrid NDHR-3 performed significantly better than the scented variety Pusa Basmati-1 for almost all the agronomic traits tested (growth, yield attributes, grain and straw yields, nitrogen uptake and apparent N recovery) The advantage of grain yield in hybrid NDHR-3 was nearly 16 q/ha over Pusa Basmati-1. Increasing levels of nitrogen significantly increased the number of effective tillers hill-1, panicle length, panicle weight, grain and straw yields and nitrogen uptake, thereby revealing a significant decline in agronomic nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). Among the sources of N, Pusa Neem Golden Urea proved to be significantly superior to other sources with regards to panicle length, grain yield, N uptake, agronomic nitrogen use efficiency and apparent N recovery (%), indicating that coating urea with neem formulations not only increased the grain yield, NUE and apparent N recovery, but also helped to reduce the environmental hazards associated with the use of large amounts of urea.


2019 ◽  
Vol 111 (6) ◽  
pp. 3048-3056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Guo ◽  
Zhongwei Tian ◽  
Shuzhen Sun ◽  
Yu Li ◽  
Dong Jiang ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 158 (4) ◽  
pp. 262-268
Author(s):  
Y. J. Yang ◽  
T. Lei ◽  
W. Du ◽  
C. L. Liang ◽  
H. D. Li ◽  
...  

AbstractA 2-year fertilization experiment was conducted to study the effect of different ratios of organic (pig) manure on wheat yield and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). The four treatments were no nitrogen (N) (CK); 100% chemical fertilizer N (urea; T1); 70% chemical fertilizer N + 30% organic manure N (T2) and 50% chemical fertilizer N + 50% organic manure N (T3), with the same amount of applied nitrogen (120 kg/ha). The results showed the maximum grain yield (3049 kg/ha), crop nitrogen uptake (216 kg/ha), NUE (65.4%) and accumulated nitrate nitrogen (NO3−-N in 0–200 cm, 142 kg/ha) were observed in the T1 among all treatments in the first year. However, the largest grain yield (5074 kg/ha), crop nitrogen uptake (244 kg/ha) and NUE (82.5%) were under T2 treatment in the second year. Furthermore, T2 had the maximum NO3−-N content in 0–100 cm layer (116 kg/ha), especially 0–40 cm layer, and the lowest NO3−-N content in 100–200 cm (58.8 kg/ha). However, 50% organic manure N in T3 increased apparent nitrogen loss by 39.0% compared to that in T2. Therefore, 30% organic manure N application was more conducive for enhancing wheat yield and NUE and promoting environmental safety after 1-year fertilization time.


2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. fpage-lpage
Author(s):  
Xiu ZHANG ◽  
Xing-Long DAI ◽  
Fei-Na ZHENG ◽  
Jin-Peng CHU ◽  
Li-Wei FEI ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-75
Author(s):  
JA Adjetey ◽  
QS Mulbah

In lowland rice production systems, flooding patterns vary during the cropping period and this poses a serious challenge to productivity due to the effect of flooding on the availability and uptake of nitrogen. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of various flooding patterns on nitrogen use in rice grown under simulated wetland conditions. Rice was grown in a greenhouse at 0, 110 and 220 kg N ha-1 under well watered control conditions, continuous flooding, early flooding at tillering, and late flooding post-tillering. The results showed that continuous and early flooding increased tiller production and grain yield compared to late flooding or non-flooded conditions. Although the highest grain yields under the different flooding patterns were obtained with 220 kg N ha-1, the combination of 110 kg N ha-1 and early flooding also significantly increased tiller productivity, nitrogen recovery, and agronomic nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). There is the need to regulate the supply of nitrogen and water resources if grain yield and NUE has to be increased at minimal costs. Also, compared to well-watered conditions, rice production under flooded conditions lead to increased productivity and N rate must match realistic target yields. Best results are obtained when flooding occurs in the early rather than later parts of the season.Bangladesh Agron. J. 2017, 20(1): 67-75


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