Abstract:
An experiment to study the effect of urea and neem cake coated urea on
the nitrogen uptake of rice variety 'Triveni' was conducted at the College of
Agriculture, Vel!aya»i, Kerala during viruppu season of 1973. From the study
it was found that nitrogen uptake was increased with stages of the plant. At
all stages, higher levels of nitrogen increased the nitrogen uptake by the plants.
At maximum tillering, panicle initiation and flowering stages, the methods of
application did not influence nitrogen uptake. At harvest, the total nitrogen
uptake was significantly influenced by methods of application. The split application
and complete basal application of neem cake coated urea were
significantly superior to application of complete basal urea.
