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Effect of Nitrogen Fertilizers Applied through Nano Clay Polymer Composites on Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Rice

K. R. Rakshitha, Kapil Atmaram Chobhe, R. Dandapani, R. N. Sahoo, Anil Kumar, Ravi Saini, K. M. Manjaiah

International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · pp. 1252–1259 · Published 10 Oct 2023

10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203924

Abstract

Nitrogen (N) is an essential nutrient for crop growth. However, excessive nitrogen fertilizer application leads to environmental losses. In this study, an attempt was made to reduce the nitrogen losses by loading of urea and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) into Nano clay polymer composites (NCPCs) to act as slow release N fertilizers. To achieve the objectives of the present study, five N fertilizer treatments (T1-control, T2- N applied through urea, T3- N applied through UAN, T4- N applied through NCPC loaded with urea and T5- N applied through NCPC loaded with UAN) were assessed using three rice genotypes namely IR-64, Nagina 22 and MTU 1010. Results of the greenhouse study indicated that the UAN loaded NCPC treatment was more effective in terms of increasing the grain yield, nitrogen uptake, agronomic use efficiency and apparent nitrogen recovery by 36.9%, 51.0%, 64.2%, and 92.0% over urea, respectively. Amongst the genotypes, MTU 1010 was recorded with highest gran yield followed by IR-64 and Nagina-22.

Rice genotypes nitrogen use efficiency nano clay polymer composites urea ammonium nitrate

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