Distribution of mineral nitrogen in long-term conservation agriculture under semi-arid condition

SURYA P YADAV; SARVENDRA KUMAR; T K DAS; T J PURAKAYASTHA; V K SHARMA; R BHATTACHARYYA; ROSIN K G; VISHWANATH VISHWANATH

doi:10.56093/ijas.v91i7.115135

Authors

SURYA P YADAV ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
SARVENDRA KUMAR ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
T K DAS ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
T J PURAKAYASTHA ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
V K SHARMA ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
R BHATTACHARYYA ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
ROSIN K G ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
VISHWANATH VISHWANATH ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v91i7.115135

Keywords:

Ammonia nitrogen, Conservation agriculture, Inceptisol, Mineral nitrogen, Pigeon pea

Abstract

Depthwise and temporal distribution of soil nitrogen release was carried out in pigeon pea [Cajunus cajan (L.) Millsp.] under conservation agriculture (CA) experiment (since 2010) during kharif 2019-20. The treatment includes conventional tillage (CT) and zero tillage (ZT), which includes: permanent narrow bed (PNB); PNB with residues of previous crop (PNB+R); permanent broad bed (PBB), PBB with residues (PBB+R), flat bed (FB) and FB with residues (FB+R). Soil samples were collected at different stages; pre-flowering, flowering, pod filling and harvest of pigeon pea from two depths (0-15 and 15-30 cm). Adopting CA practices increased NH4-N, NO3-N and mineral N over without CA plots irrespective of crop growth stages and depth of soil. As soil depth increases, NH4-N, NO3-N and mineral-N decreased and the reduction was more under CT and ZT without residues retained plots. The maximum NH4-N was observed at the flowering stage followed by pod filling > pre-flowering > harvest stage in 15 cm soil depth. The average NO3-N decreased from pre-flowering (34.3 mg/kg) to flowering (28.7 mg/kg) and increased at the pod filling stage (33.7 mg/kg). Among all treatments, PBB+R recorded significantly higher NH4-N, NO3-N, and mineral-N. In nutshell, adopting CA practices (PBB+R) may be a viable option for enhancing N availability, especially in semi-arid and arid conditions where N is always a limiting factor for crop growth and yield.

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