The uptake of nutrients by the paddy crop better indicative of the fertility, productivity, and plant nutrient status. The main objective of this investigation was that the rate of nutrient application can influence the removal of nutrients into formsavailable to the soil with different landraces in conjunction with the application of different microbial inoculants under different fertility levels. The yield of landraces was significantly influenced by the microbial inoculants under different fertility levels.Significantly higher uptake of N, P and K was observed in the landrace padmarekha compared to other landraces. The nutrient removal from the soil was in the range of 81.57 – 104.08 kg N, 19.55 -33.96 kg P and 88.15 – 111.81 kg/ha Kamong landraces. Similarly, the higher uptake was seen with the application of 100 per centRDF along with the azospirullum, Bacillus megatherium var. Phosphoticum Frateuria quaratia,Thiobacillus thiooxidans and Vesicular ArbescularMycorrizae.The nutrient removal was in the range of 47.11-122.0 kg N, 10.71-36.7 kg P2O5 and 34.22- 141.21 kg/ha K2O among fertility levels in different paddy landraces used in the study. The different microbial inoculants application with the recommended dose of fertilizers in different levels helped in the acquisition of the nutrients from the soil solution illustrating the effects of microbial applications through the increased supply of biologically fixed nitrogen, mobilizing the phosphorus towards plant roots, and potassium availability to the crop. Thus, our investigations acclaim that there is a need to inoculate the crop with different microbial inoculants to increase the use and uptake of the nutrients by the crop and improvement in soil nutrient status.
Effect of different levels of nitrogen and potassium on soil nutrient status of fennel seed production
