Abstract
An experiment was carried out both boro season (FebruaryJune, 2013) and aman season (July-December, 2013) in the permanent experimental field of the Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh. The objectives of present research work were tosee the effects of long-term fertilization and manuring on soil fertility and yield of boro and aman rice in flood plain (Subtropical) soil (AericHaplaquepts). The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replications. There were 10 treatment combinations viz, Control, N, NP, NK, NPK, NZn, NS, NSZn, NPKSZn and NPK+FYM. The results indicated that the yield contributing characters and yield of BRRI dhan28 (Boro rice) and BR11 (Aman rice) were significantly increased due to different treatments. For boro rice, the highest plant height (cm), 1000-grain weight (g), effective tiller hill-1 and biological yield (t ha-1) were found in NPKSZn treatment. The highest grain yield and straw yield of boro ricewere also observed in NPKSZn treatment. Grain yield was increased by 71%, 119%, 127%, 132%, 133%, 144%, 161% and 200% over Control in NZn, NS, NK, N, NP, NPK+FYM, NPK, NSZn and NPKSZn treatments, respectively. Straw yield was increased by 82%, 83%, 98%, 110%, 112%, 139%, 145%, and 167% over Control in N, NP, NPK+FYM, NZn, NK, NPK, NSZn, NS and NPKSZn treatments, respectively. Again for aman rice, the highest number of unfilled grain panicle-1, grain yield (t ha-1) and harvest index (%) were recorded in NPKSZn treatment. Grain yield was increased by 79%, 85%, 87%, 97%, 116%, 117%, 159% and 165% over Control in NP, NZn, N, NPK, NPK+FYM, NK, NSZn, NS and NPKSZn treatments, respectively. Straw yield was increased by 119%, 121%, 135%, 142%, 149%, 152%, 200%, 217%, and 246% over Control in NP, N, NPK, NPK+FYM, NK, NZn, NPKSZn, NSZn and NS treatments, respectively.Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. June 2015, 1(2): 222-229
Highlights
Bangladesh is a densely populated agro-based country and rice (Oryza Sativa) is the staple food
The results indicated that the yield contributing characters and yield of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) dhan28 (Boro rice) and BR11 (Aman rice) were significantly increased due to different treatments
The lowest plant height (67.48cm) was recorded in control.Analysis of variance of data showed that the effect of different treatment on 1000-grain weight (g) was not statistically significant (Table 4).The 1000-grain weight ranged from 20.67 to 25.67g
Summary
Bangladesh is a densely populated agro-based country and rice (Oryza Sativa) is the staple food. Special emphasis is given on agriculture to meet the increasing demand for food. The cropping patterns of Bangladesh are mainly rice based. Rice is grown in all the three crop growing seasons. Rice covers about 77% of total crop area in Bangladesh (BBS, 2011). Rice is grown in over 11.7 million hectares under the various schemes subject to irrigated, rainfed and deep water conditions in three distinct seasons namely aus, aman and boro (BBS, 2012). Among the three rice crops, aman rice covers about 38% and boro rice covers about 55% of total rice production (FAO, 2014). Combined application of organic manures and chemical fertilizers may
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