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Contents of 41(1) 2013 - acharya ng ranga agricultural university
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PRASAD and PRASADINI<br />
respectively. In the subsequent rabi, the crop<br />
removed 38, 33 and 65 kg N ha -1 at the respective<br />
stages (Table 2). In kharif 2006, rice removed 24 kg<br />
N ha -1 at tillering, 40 kg at panicle initiation and 40 kg<br />
N ha -1 at harvesting stage <strong>of</strong> the crop in T 2<br />
. In the<br />
rabi season, it removed 29, 31 and 27 kg ha -1 . <strong>The</strong><br />
application <strong>of</strong> 50 % recommended dose <strong>of</strong> fertilizers<br />
continuously in the kharif and rabi season,<br />
significantly enhanced the quantity <strong>of</strong> N removed by<br />
the crop at every stage <strong>of</strong> its growth. This trend<br />
improved with increase in the quantity <strong>of</strong> nutrients<br />
applied upto the optimum schedule. <strong>The</strong> integrated<br />
supply <strong>of</strong> nutrients by substituting 25% N fertilizer<br />
with glyricidia and application <strong>of</strong> 75 % recommended<br />
dose <strong>of</strong> fertilizers in kharif significantly increased the<br />
uptake <strong>of</strong> nitrogen at tillering both in kharif and rabi<br />
during two years.<br />
b. Phosphorus<br />
<strong>The</strong> uptake <strong>of</strong> this nutrient increased from<br />
1.0 kg at tillering to 4.4 kg at panicle initiation and<br />
further to 8.0 kg ha -1 at harvesting stage <strong>of</strong> the crop<br />
during kharif 2005 (Table 3). <strong>The</strong> uptake <strong>of</strong> the nutrient<br />
was increased by the application <strong>of</strong> fertilizers in<br />
different proportions during kharif and rabi season.<br />
<strong>The</strong> adoption <strong>of</strong> integrated nutrient management<br />
options by substituting 50 % N fertilizer with FYM,<br />
paddy straw or glyricidia appreciably increased the<br />
P uptake compared to the effect <strong>of</strong> chemical fertilizers<br />
applied at recommended dose. <strong>The</strong> substitution <strong>of</strong><br />
25 % N fertilizer with any one <strong>of</strong> these three organic<br />
sources in the kharif season and application <strong>of</strong> 75 %<br />
recommended dose <strong>of</strong> fertilizers in the rabi season<br />
also showed similar results.<br />
c. Potassium<br />
Rice removed more Potassium in response<br />
to the application <strong>of</strong> different levels <strong>of</strong> fertilizers in<br />
kharif and rabi season and their integration with the<br />
organic source <strong>of</strong> nutrients (Table 4). <strong>The</strong> unfertilized<br />
crop removed 32, 48 and 66 kg ha -1 in kharif and 38,<br />
62 and 71 kg K ha -1 in rabi at tillering, panicle initiation<br />
and harvesting stage <strong>of</strong> the crop during 2005-06. <strong>The</strong><br />
application <strong>of</strong> 50 % recommended dose <strong>of</strong> fertilizers<br />
in the kharif season increased the uptake significantly<br />
to 38, 77 and 71 kg K ha -1 at the respective stages<br />
<strong>of</strong> crop growth. <strong>The</strong> application <strong>of</strong> 50 %<br />
recommended dose <strong>of</strong> fertilizers in the rabi season<br />
also increased the uptake significantly to 49, 70, 114<br />
kg K ha -1 . <strong>The</strong>se trends repeated during the second<br />
year also. A large quantity <strong>of</strong> 60, 88 and 84 kg K ha -<br />
1<br />
in kharif and 62, 84 and 158 kg K ha -1 was removed<br />
in rabi during the first year (2005-06) by the<br />
application <strong>of</strong> recommended dose <strong>of</strong> fertilizers both<br />
in the kharif and rabi season. <strong>The</strong> uptake at tillering<br />
was 61 kg ha -1 in kharif 2006 and 63 kg ha -1 in rabi.<br />
<strong>The</strong> uptake was 61, 82 and 63 kg ha -1 at tillering,<br />
panicle initiation and harvesting in kharif while the<br />
crop removed 63, 82 and 100 kg ha -1 K during<br />
corresponding stages in the rabi seasons during 2006-<br />
07 in response to this optimum fertilizer schedule to<br />
rice-rice crop sequence. <strong>The</strong> integrated supply <strong>of</strong><br />
nutrients by substituting 50 % N fertilizer either with<br />
FYM, paddy straw or glyricidia in the kharif season<br />
and application <strong>of</strong> recommended dose <strong>of</strong> fertilizers<br />
in the rabi season did not improve the uptake <strong>of</strong> K by<br />
rice compared to the crop supplied with nutrients<br />
continuously through the recommended dose <strong>of</strong><br />
fertilizers.<br />
<strong>The</strong> role <strong>of</strong> any <strong>of</strong> these organics to substitute<br />
25 % N fertilizer in the kharif season and application<br />
<strong>of</strong> 75 % recommended dose <strong>of</strong> fertilizers in the rabi<br />
season was also not distinct to significantly increase<br />
the uptake <strong>of</strong> K compared to rice grown with fertilizers<br />
alone.<br />
B. Micronutrients<br />
a. Zinc<br />
<strong>The</strong> application <strong>of</strong> fertilizers with organic<br />
source <strong>of</strong> nutrients activated the crop to remove large<br />
quantity <strong>of</strong> Zn from the soil. <strong>The</strong> results showed that<br />
a low quantity <strong>of</strong> 29.2 g Zn was removed at tillering,<br />
56.5 g at panicle initiation and 88.3 g ha -1 at<br />
harvesting stage <strong>of</strong> rice in the kharif season while<br />
the uptake was 44.6, 53.7 and 77.93 g ha -1 from the<br />
unfertilized soil during the first year (Table 5). <strong>The</strong><br />
application <strong>of</strong> 50 % recommended dose <strong>of</strong> fertilisers<br />
continuously in kharif and rabi season to the<br />
sequence crops significantly increased the uptake<br />
<strong>of</strong> this nutrient throughout the crop growth period.<br />
<strong>The</strong> crop was estimated to remove 43.6, 95.1 and<br />
135.6 g Zn ha -1 in kharif and 48.6, 85.5 and 160.4 g<br />
ha -1 in rabi at tillering, panicle initiation and harvesting<br />
during the first year. It removed 28.3, 63.5 and 174.9<br />
g Zn ha -1 in kharif and 40.6, 75.74 and 146.1 g ha -1 in<br />
the rabi season during the three corresponding growth<br />
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