Abstract
Rice is the most important staple cereals in human nutrition and consumed by 75% of the global population. Rice plant needs supply of essential nutrients for its optimal growth. Rice production has been increased tremendously in India after green revolution combined with insensitive irrigation and use of inorganic fertilizers and pesticides. However, the effect of using inorganic fertilizers has resulted in contamination of ground water and decreased the productivity of soil, which in turn affects the rice production in long term. Use of organic manure may help to regain the soil health but they are insufficient to provide the essential nutrients to achieve optimal growth. So, use of organic manures combine with inorganic fertilizers are followed to obtain optimum yields. This study aimed to test the effect of the different organic fertilizer and combinations of organic and inorganic fertilizers on the qualitative and quantitative parameters of two cultivars of rice as DRR Dhan 39 and RP.BIO.226. The experiment was conducted on the farm located at Fasalwadi village, Sangareddy district, Telangana during kharif season in randomized complete block design with three replications. The treatment included two controls and 10 combinations of four organic fertilizers as farmyard manure, vermicompost, Panchagavya, Jeevamrutha and inorganic fertilizers as combination of 60:75:75 levels of N, P and K. Grain and straw samples were collected and physical parameters were measured at harvest stage. The results indicated that the variety DRR Dhan 39 gave the statistically significant (P<0.0001) higher grain yield of 8713 kg/ha and straw yield of 9483kg/ha with 50% organic fertilizers of Vermicompost, Jeevamrutha 5% and Panchagavya 3% and 50% inorganic fertilizer of NPK. On the other hand, the variety of RP.BIO.226 gave the highest grain yield of 6390 kg/ha with Vermicompost, Jeevamrutha 5% and Panchagvya 3% (8 t/ha, foliar spray and 500 litres/ha) and highest straw yield of 7430 kg/ha with T10 treatment (50% organic fertilizers of Vermicompost, Jeevamrutha 5% and Panchagavya 3% and 50% inorganic fertilizer of NPK). Both varieties of rice poorly responded to inorganic fertilizers with lower grain and straw yield. Statistically significant differences were observed in both varieties of grain crude protein (CP%), straw acid detergent fiber (ADF%), crude fiber (CF%) and acid detergent lignin (ADL%) with different fertilizers
Highlights
Rice is one of the most important staple cereal foods in human nutrition and major food grain for more than a third of the world’s population[6]
This study has mainly focused to determine the effects of different combinations of organic and inorganic fertilizers on quantitative and qualitative parameters of two cultivars of rice
Effect on Quantitative and Qualitative Para meters The data on grain and straw parameters of rice as influenced by the different combinations of organic and inorganic fertilizers presented in table 2
Summary
Rice is one of the most important staple cereal foods in human nutrition and major food grain for more than a third of the world’s population[6]. 90% rice is produced and consumed in Asian countries. India and China accounts for half of the total area under rice cultivation. Rice is an excellent source of carbohydrates containing approximately 87 % in grain. It contains 7 to 8 % of protein, which has higher digestibility, biological value and more nutritious, possesses lower crude fibre and lower fat (1 to 2%).Nearly twenty percent of the world’s dietary energy is provided by rice alone, which is higher than either wheat or maize[1]
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