Drip Irrigation Scheduling for Higher Growth, Productivity and Input Use Efficiency of Direct Seeded Basmati Rice in Indo-Gangetic Plains for Climate Resilient
A. K. Bhardwaj, T. Pandiaraj, P. Soman, R. K. Bhardwaj, T. C. Singh
International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · pp. 332–340 · Published 8 Feb 2019
10.9734/ijecc/2018/v8i430092Abstract
The Indo-Gangetic plain (IGP) is an environmentally susceptible, communally momentous and economically tactical sphere of India where landscape, ground water and soil fertility are threatened by climate change. An increasing water scarcity for rice in the irrigated IGP is urging farmers to espouse water saving technologies such micro irrigation. Rice growing with drip irrigation may substantially reduce irrigation water requirement of rice. In order to make assessment of drip irrigation in rice, a field experiment was carried out at Pantnagar, Uttarakhand in 2017. Rice was established by Direct Seeding in conventional and drip irrigation treatments. The treatments were laid with drip irrigation at 50, 75 and 100% CPE on each 2 and 4 days interval. Two conventional irrigation practices (i.e. absolute control and farmers’ practice) were also included in the study. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with four replications. Compared with farmers practice, (transplanted and flooded) drip irrigation at 100% CPE on two days interval produced taller shoots and higher yield attributes of rice crop. Rice grown in drip irrigation was found more grain yield than farmers’ practice. Among drip irrigation, 100% CPE on 2 days gap (T5) recorded 45% higher grain yield (5800 kg ha-1) than farmers practice. Similarly, T5 treatment was higher content and uptake of nutrient. However, treatments T3 (50% CPE on 2 days gap) followed by T7 (75% CPE on 4 days interval) had higher water use efficiency. Result, further revealed that fertilizer use efficiency of T5 treatment was found to be higher (23.2 kg grain per kg fertilizer applied). Hence, rice is scheduled with drip irrigation at a tune of 100% CPE on 2 days interval can benefit over sustaining the direct seeded basmati rice productivity. However, there is a demand to examine these benefits of drip irrigation in rice in relation to the viability of adoption by farmers.
References (11)
- 1 Statistical Procedures for Agricultural Research. [DOI]
- 2 Evaluation of alternative tillage and crop establishment methods in a rice–wheat rotation in North Western IGP [DOI]
- 3 Comparison between aerobic and flooded rice in the tropics: Agronomic performance in an eight-season experiment [DOI]
- 4 Effect of irrigation methods, management and salinity of irrigation water on tomato yield, soil moisture and salinity distribution [DOI]
- 5 Yield, grain quality and water use efficiency of rice under non-flooded mulching cultivation [DOI]
- 6 Managing nitrogen for sustainable crop production [DOI]
- 7 Response of aerobic rice growth and grain yield to N fertilizer at two contrasting sites near Beijing, China [DOI]
- 8 A comparison of drip and furrow irrigated cotton on a cracking clay soil [DOI]
- 9 Root response to aerobic conditions in rice, estimated by Comair root length scanner and scanner-based image analysis [DOI]
- 10 Studies on Water Productivity and Yields Responses of Wheat Based on Drip Irrigation Systems in Clay Loam Soil [DOI]
- 11 Puddling effects on soil physical properties and rice performance under shallow water table conditions of tarai
Cited by 11
M. Khamarunneesa, S. Sajeena, V. M. Abdul Hakkim, K. Prashanth · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2023
B. R. Goud, G. P. Reddy, V. Chandrika · Discover Agriculture · 2026
Poonam Biswal, Ahmad Faisal, D. K. Swain · Discover Plants · 2025
B. R. Goud, G. P. Reddy, V. Chandrika · JUNE · 2022
K. Saravanakumar, M. K. Pandian, T. Chinnadurai · Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering · 2021
Murugesan Mohana Keerthi, Kather Sheriff Sharmili, R. Babu · Ecology, environment & conservation · 2023
Showing 6 of 11 known citations — external sources report more than can currently be individually listed.
Related research
- Effect of Fermentation on Nutrient and Antinutrient Contents of Fermented Whole and Ground African Breadfruit (Treculia africana) Seeds — shares topic coverage
- Effect of Fermentation on Nutrient and Anti-Nutrient Contents of Ground-Cooked Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus) Seeds using Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus pumilus — shares topic coverage
- Response of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) to Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms and Phosphorus Levels on Nutrient Availability, Uptake and Seed Yield in Inceptisol — shares topic coverage
- Cockroach (Periplaneta americana): Nutritional Value as Food and Feed For Man and Livestock — shares topic coverage
- Microbiological and Physicochemical Evaluation of Pineapple Fruit and Its Juice for Compliance with Export Requirements — shares topic coverage
Article metrics
Real usage data collected on this platform.
60
Page views
0
PDF downloads
32
Outbound clicks
11
Citations
Views over time
Views by country
Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".
Traffic sources
Referring site, by host.
Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.