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International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges & Opportunities<br />

during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad<br />

The recommended fertilizer doses were 150 kg N/ha, 75 kg P2O5/ha, and 75 kg K2O/ha for<br />

maize; 60 kg N/ha, 60 kg P2O5/ha, and 30 kg K2O /ha for pearl millet; 80 kg N/ha, 40 kg<br />

P2O5/ha, and 30 kg K2O /ha for mustard, and 120 kg N/ha, 60 kg P2O5/ha, and 60 kg K2O /ha for<br />

the wheat crop. Urea, single superphosphate, and muriate <strong>of</strong> potash were used to supply N, P,<br />

and K, respectively. In mustard and pearl millet, 50% <strong>of</strong> N (as per treatment) and 100% <strong>of</strong><br />

recommended P and K were applied as basal, and the remaining 50% N was top-dressed in one<br />

split. In wheat and maize, 50% <strong>of</strong> N (as per treatments) and 100% <strong>of</strong> P and K fertilizers were<br />

applied as basal, and the remaining N was top-dressed in two equal splits. Nano-urea was applied<br />

at 1250 ml/ha (per spray) as a foliar spray.<br />

Results<br />

Result revealed that yield <strong>of</strong> maize, wheat, mustard and pearl millet was significantly lower<br />

under N0PK + Nano-urea compared with N100PK and remained at par with N0PK. The plots<br />

under N50PK + Nano-urea received significantly lesser yield compared with N100PK. This<br />

indicates only application <strong>of</strong> nano-urea or nano-urea with N50PK could not suffice the<br />

requirement <strong>of</strong> the N in the crops and is not comparable with N100PK. On the other hand,<br />

application <strong>of</strong> N75PK + Nano-urea registered similar yields compared with recommended NPK<br />

applied plots, indicating towards a possibility <strong>of</strong> curtailing 25% <strong>of</strong> recommended N doses with<br />

two sprays <strong>of</strong> nano-urea. The soil mineral N were similar under the treatments N75PK + Nanourea<br />

and N100PK. On the other hand, curtailing <strong>of</strong> 50% or more in the recommended N doses<br />

leads to significant decrease in the mineral N in soil, irrespective <strong>of</strong> nano-urea application.<br />

T4-11P-1027<br />

Soil Organic Carbon Stock Changes in a Semi-Arid Alfisol under Heavy<br />

Carbon Loading<br />

K. Srinivas*, A. K. Indoria, S. S. Balloli, S. Suvana and K. Sammi Reddy<br />

ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, Telangana 500 059, India<br />

* k.srinivas1@icar.gov.in<br />

Small inputs <strong>of</strong> organic carbon or minor changes in management rarely, if at all, lead to<br />

measurable changes in soil organic carbon content or stock. A field study was carried out to<br />

investigate whether large additions <strong>of</strong> organic carbon would lead to measurable changes in soil<br />

organic carbon (SOC) stocks in an Alfisol under hot semi-arid climate, where soil organic carbon<br />

losses are high.<br />

Sustainable soil management for resilient rainfed agro-ecosystem: conservation agriculture, organic farming,<br />

INM, soil-microorganisms-plant interactions<br />

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