Results from recent studies on nitrogen fertilizer efficiency in wetland rice

SK De Datta, IRP Fillery… - Outlook on agriculture, 1983 - journals.sagepub.com
Yields of rice can be substantially increased by the use of nitrogenous fertilizers, but the
return to the producer depends very much on the mode of application. This article reviews …

Deep placement: A method of nitrogen fertilizer application compatible with algal nitrogen fixation in wetland rice soils

PA Roger, SA Kulasooriya, AC Tirol, ET Craswell - Plant and soil, 1980 - Springer
The effect of different methods of nitrogen fertilizer application on the algal flora and
biological nitrogen fixation (Acetylene-reducing activity) in a wetland rice soil was studied in …

Nitrogen balance studies in rice using 15N-labelled urea and urea supergranules

SK Mohanty, SP Chakravorti… - The Journal of …, 1989 - cambridge.org
Recovery of applied nitrogen by the rice crop is invariably low, often 30–50%(Prasad & De
Datta 1979). The poor recovery has been attributed to different types of losses occurring in …

Relative efficiency of prilled urea, urea supergranules (USG) and USG coated with neem cake or DCD for direct-seeded rice

K Sudhakara, R Prasad - The Journal of Agricultural Science, 1986 - cambridge.org
A field experiment was made during the rainy season of 1982 and 1983 at the Indian
Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi to study the relative efficiency of prilled urea, urea …

Fertilizer–use efficiency of amended urea materials in flooded rice

HS Chauhan, B Mishra - The Journal of Agricultural Science, 1989 - cambridge.org
In a field experiment on a typic hapludoll in 1983 and 1984, deep placement of urea
supergranules at 40 and 80 kg N/ha proved to be the best N source, of five tested, for grain …

On the nature of mechanisms responsible for the higher efficiency of urea supergranules for rice

J Thomas, R Prasad - Plant and Soil, 1982 - Springer
A laboratory study made with a sandy clay loam soil of pH 7.7 showed that hydrolysis of urea
was slower when applied as urea supergranules (USG) than commercial urea prills. This …

Effect of time and method of application on the relative efficiency of prilled urea and urea super granules for rice

R Prasad, S Singh, R De - The Journal of Agricultural Science, 1984 - cambridge.org
A field experiment was made on rice during the rainy seasons of 1982 and 1983 to study the
relative efficiency of prilled urea and urea super granules (USG) applied broadcast or deep …

Studies on the nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide (DCD), for increasing the efficiency of nitrogen applied to rice

S Singh, R Prasad - The Journal of Agricultural Science, 1985 - cambridge.org
A field experiment, made during the rainy seasons oof 1982 and 1983 at the Indian
Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, studied the effects of blending urea with …

Role of bio and organic fertilization on sustaining nitrogen requirements for rice production

AR Ahmed, MA Bayoumi, HM Khalil… - Journal of Soil Sciences …, 2011 - journals.ekb.eg
A field experiment was performed on a clay soil at Bahtim Agriculture Research Station
during season 2009 to evaluate the effective role of bio (blue green algae, BGA), organic …

Water and Nitrogen Use by Rice-Wheat on Uitic Haplustalf

DK Mandal, S Kar - Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science, 1995 - indianjournals.com
In an attempt to increase water and fertilizer nitrogen use efficiencies of ricewheat system
most efficient method and schedule of fertilizer N application were identified for lateritic soil …