Optimization of N dose in rice under conservation agriculture with sub-surface drip fertigation

BISWAJIT RANA; C M PARIHAR; H S NAYAK; KIRANMOY PATRA; V K SINGH; P KRISHNAN; RENU PANDEY; N RATHI; B R MEENA; ANUP KUMAR; N GUPTA; H S SIDHU; M L JAT

doi:10.56093/ijas.v91i4.112625

Authors

BISWAJIT RANA ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
C M PARIHAR ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
H S NAYAK ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
KIRANMOY PATRA ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
V K SINGH ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
P KRISHNAN ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
RENU PANDEY ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
N RATHI ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
B R MEENA ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
ANUP KUMAR ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research (IIMR), New Delhi
N GUPTA Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA)-CIMMYT, Ludhiana
H S SIDHU Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA)-CIMMYT, Ludhiana
M L JAT International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), New Delhi

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v91i4.112625

Keywords:

Biological yield, Economic N dose, Yield attributes, Zero-tilled direct-seeded rice

Abstract

A field study was framed in rice crop under conservation agriculture (CA) based rice-wheat system at experimental farm of Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA)-CIMMYT, Ladhowal, Punjab, India during kharif 2019. In the present study, nine treatments were imposed out of which four are CA-based treatments (ZT-N0, ZT-N50, ZT-N75 and ZT-N100), four are CA coupled with subsurface drip fertigation (CA+) based treatments (SSD-N0,SSD-N50, SSD-N75 and SSD-N100) and puddled transplanted rice (PTR) treatment as farmer's practice. The findings of the study showed that PTR treatment out yielded in terms of yield attributing characters and biological yield than other treatments. CA+ treatment (SSD-N100) resulted higher biological yield (2.8%) than CA-based treatments (ZT-N100). SSD-N100 dominated ZT-N100 and PTR treatment in terms of plant N content (both grain and straw), total N uptake and N harvest index. PTR treatment resulted 22-33% higher ANUE than ZT-N100 and SSD-N100 treatments.

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