Soil is the largest terrestrial sink of Carbon (C). Carbon sequestration in soil is important for soil quality as well as to mitigate CO2 loading in atmosphere. Study on C of surface soil layer is going on for long time. Only in the recent past, scientists have noticed the importance of subsoil as a store house of stable C. On the contrary, study of C dynamics in tropical rice soil is important in countries like India where rice is the predominant crop and soil C sequestration is at risk due to high temperature. In this context, this study tried to understand the dynamics of soil C in deep soil under rice and non-rice ecology. Three distinct long term experimental sites were selected for soil sampling from three eastern states of India. Results indicated high total C and total organic C in surface soil in comparison to subsoil. On the other hand, rice soils had higher C than non-rice soil. The soil C was further divided into labile and recalcitrant pools using water extraction. As per water solubility, water soluble (room temperature) and hot water
Rice is the major dominant crop in the asian continent and all over the world. A research was carried out at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa in kharif, 2018 containing four different levels of vermicompost (0 t/ ha , 1.25 t/ ha, 2.5 t/ ha, 3.7 t/ ha) and three levels (0 %, 100 %, 50 % Recommended Dose of Fertilizer) of fertilizer RDF were combined with each other and analyzed for nutrient uptake and efficiencies in pot cultured rice crop variety Rajendra Bhagawati. Study revealed that nutrient uptake in grain (446.03 mg/ pot N, 104.95 mg/ pot P , 112.06 mg/ pot K) and straw (303.81 mg/ pot N , 49.83 mg/ pot P, 578.78 mg/ pot K) and the total nutrient uptake i.e. N (227.67 mg/ pot ), P(0.083 mg/ pot ), K(690.84 mg/ pot) were superior in the combined application of 3.75 t/ ha vermicompost and 100% RDF over other and showed higher stability in case of apparent nutrient use efficiency in 3.75 t/ ha vermicompost and 50% RDF except potassium for balanced growth of rice crop and declining straight 50% cost off chemical fertilizer substituted with organic sources.
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