Integrated Nutrient Management for rice Based Cropping Systems of Onattukara Tract (Record no. 26339)

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Personal name Shalini Pillai P
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Title Integrated Nutrient Management for rice Based Cropping Systems of Onattukara Tract
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Vellayani
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1998
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Degree type PhD
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Summary, etc. An investigation was carried out at the Rice Research Station, Kayamkulam to identify the most suitable rice based cropping system for the Onattukkara tract and to evolve a suitable ecologically and economically viable integrated nutrient management practice for the system. The experiment was laid out in a 4x6 factorial strip plot design and was carried for two consecutive years extending from April, 1994 to May 1996.
The treatments consisted of four cropping systems
(rice-rice-sesamum, rice-rice-groundnut, rice-rice-cowpea and
rice-rice-bhindi) and six nutrient management levels (N1
farmers' practice, N2 - Package of practices recommendations,
N3 three-fourth recommended N as chemical + one-fourth as
FYM, N4 - three-fourth recommended N as chemical + one-fourth
as FYM + Azospirillum, N5 - three-fourth recommended N as
chemical + one-eighth as FYM + one-eighth as vermicompost and
N6 - three fourth recommended N as chemical + one - eighth as
FYM + one - eighth as vermicompost + Azospirillum). During the
third crop season the treatments N2 to N6 was package of
practices recommendations (for the respective crops) while N1
was farmers' practice itself.
Among the different nutrient management levels
tested, the treatment wherein one-fourth recommended N was


substituted with FYM and vermicompost along with Azospirillum
recorded the maximum grain yield for first crop rice and second
crop rice (irrespective of cropping system). The same
treatment also supported a better straw yield by maintaining a
favourable grain:straw ratio.
In ricc-rice-'sesamum, the production efficiency was
highp.st when one-fourth recommended nitrogen was supplied
through farmyard manure and vermicompost along with
Azospirillum. The BCR was maximum when the same treatment was
applied without Azospirillum. In rice-rice-groundnut, rice-
rice cowpea and rice-rice-bhindi, the same trend followed.
Rice-rice-bhindi cropping system recorded the maximum
production efficiency followed by rice-rice-groundnut during
both the years, and rice-rice-sesamum recorded the minimum
value.
The overall mean returns was maximum with the cropping system,rice- rice-groundnut. It was followed closely by the rice-rice-bhindi cropping system. While rice-rice-cowpea recorded the meaning of economic returns during the first year, rice- rice sesamum recorded the same during the second year.

Studies on the physico-chemical properties of the
soil showed that the cropping system, rice-rice-sesamum
resulted in a slight increase in bulk density, water holding

capacity and water stable aggregates. The organic carbon,
total nitrogen and available phosphorus content of the soil
increased, while the soil pH, available nitrogen and available
potassium contents decreased. The cropping system, rice-rice-
groundnut resulted in an increase in bulk density, water
holding capacity, water stable aggregates, organic carbon, soil
pH, total nitrogen and available phosphorus and a decrease in
the available nitrogen and available potassium contents. While
there was an increase in the water holding capacity, water
stable aggregates, organic carbon, total nitrogen, available
nitrogen and available phosphorus there was a slight decrease
in bulk density and soil pH in the cropping system, rice-rice-
cowpea. The rice-rice-bhindi cropping system resulted in a
decrease in the bulk density and soil pH and available
potassium and an increase in the water holding capacity, water
stable aggregates, organic carbon, total nitrogen, available
nitrogen and available phosphorus.
The balance sheet of nitrogen showed•a positive
balance in the cropping systems rice-rice-groundnut and rice-
rice-cowpea and a negative balance in the other two systems.
All the cropping systems tested resulted in a negative balance
for available phosphorus and a positive balance for available
potassium.


The cropping system, rice-rice-groundnut was observed
to be the most efficient one. followed by rice-rice-bhindi
based on the productive efficiency, benefit cost ratio and soil
sustainability. The marginal benefit cost ratio for the
different nutrient management practices showed that the
treatment comprising three fourth recommended dose of N as
chemical + one-eighth as FYM + one-eighth as vermicompost (for
first and second crop rice) and package of practices
1ecommendations for groundnut (third crop) was the most
economic. However, for the rice-rice-bhindi cropping system,
the package of practices recommendations was observed to be
more economical.
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