Reducing urea demand for rice crop through foliar application of urea in boro season

Authors

  • Ibrahim Hossain Manik Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • Md Anwarul Abedin Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • Md Rashedur Rahman Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • Tusher Chakrobarty Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • Sunain Bin Jaman Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • Mahmud Al Noor Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • Razia Sultana Department of Seed Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/ralf.v3i1.27860

Keywords:

Urea, Boro season, BRRI dhan29, Foliar application

Abstract

This study was carried out with a view to evaluating the effect of foliar application of urea on BRRI dhan29. The experiment was laid out in a RCBD design with seven treatments (T1 : Full dose of prilled urea @ 140 Kg N ha-1) (control), T2 (50% prilled urea + 5 foliar spray @ 0.5% N solution @ 5.5 kg N spray-1),T3 (70% prilled urea + 3 foliar spray @ 0.5% N solution @ 5.5 kg N spray-1), T4 (50% prilled urea + 3 foliar spray @ 1.0% N solution @ 11 kg N spray-1), T5 (50% prilled urea + 5 foliar spray @ 0.5% N solution @ 5.5 kg N spray-1 + 5 t ha-1 cow dung), T6 (70% prilled urea + 3 foliar spray @ 0.5% N solution @ 5.5 kg N spray-1 + 5 t ha-1 cow dung) and T7 (50% prilled urea + 3 foliar spray @ 1.0% N solution @ 11 kg N spray-1 + 5 t ha-1 cow dung) and three replications. Soil and foliar application of nitrogen significantly influenced the growth and yield contributing characters like plant height, panicle length, and effective tillers hill-1 as well as the grain and straw yields of the crop. The treatment T5 produced the highest grain yield (6.68 t ha-1) which was statistically similar to yield from T7, T6. Treatment T2,T3 and T4 gave similar yield. The grain yields of these treatments were higher than those of T1 treatment (soil application of urea only). The T5 also produced the highest straw yield of the crop. The lowest grain yield of 4.72 t ha-1 and the lowest straw yield of 5.17 t ha-1 were recorded with T1 (control).

Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.3(1): 79-85, April 2016

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Ibrahim Hossain Manik, Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202



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Published

2016-05-26

How to Cite

Manik, I. H., Abedin, M. A., Rahman, M. R., Chakrobarty, T., Jaman, S. B., Noor, M. A., & Sultana, R. (2016). Reducing urea demand for rice crop through foliar application of urea in boro season. Research in Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries, 3(1), 79–85. https://doi.org/10.3329/ralf.v3i1.27860

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Agriculture

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