Integrated Nutrient Management for Enhanced Yield, Nutrients Uptake and Their Use Efficiency in Rice under Intensive Rice-Wheat Cropping System

Nutrient Use Efficiency as a Strong Indicator of Nutritional Security and Builders of Soil Nutrient Status through Integrated Nutrient Management Technology in a Rice-Wheat System in Northwestern India

“…The results reported that physiological and agro-physiological efficiencies decreased with the addition of organic manures along with chemical fertilizers, which might be due to the crop needs being satisfied with the lower dose of nutrients, which were supplied without organic manures [56] The combined application of manures and fertilizers increased the agronomic efficiency, apparent recovery, and utilization efficiencies owing to the beneficial effects of the integrated use of manures and fertilizers, which had a positive influence on growth and yielded attributing characteristics. Additionally, the proper decomposition of manures increased the direct supply of nutrients to plants and created a favorable environment for the growth of plants [5].…”

Soil Biological and Biochemical Properties in Rice-maize System under Different Nutrient and Weed Management Practices

“…Nagaraj et al, (2018) observed higher bacterial population of (27.27 cfu x 10 5 g -1 of soil) in the treatments consisting of Package of practices (POP-FYM 5 t + 60:30:45 kg N:P2O5:K2O ha -1 ) + 50 % N through vermicompost followed by POP + 50 % N through goat manure (26.30 cfu X 10 5 g -1 of soil) and POP + 50 % N through poultry manure (24.23 cfu X 10 5 g -1 of soil). Kumar et al, (2017) Observed maximum DH activity (136.90 µg TPF g -1 soil h -1 ) under INM practice with 50% recommended dose of NPK + vermicompost @ 2 t ha-1 (mixed with microbial consortium) after okra cultivation. Gupta.…”

Biometric observations of upland rice (<em>Oryza sativa</em> L.) as influenced by cropping geometry and <em>In situ</em> soil moisture conservation practices

“…Rice is one of the most important staple food and extensively grown crop providing food for majority of the world population. India is first in area under rice cultivation (43 m ha) and second in production (95 m t) which shares 40 per cent of the total food grain production (Kumar et al, 2017) [4] . The availability of water for agricultural sector is 83.3 per cent of the total water used and might shrink to 71.6 per cent by 2025 leading to physical water scarcity of irrigated rice (Yadav et al, 2001) [11] .…”