Vol. 4 (5) : September-October 2013 issue
Green Farming Vol. 4 (5) : 594-596 (September-October, 2013)
Influence of nitrogen levels and weed management practices on productivity of rice (Oryza sativa L.) under aerobic conditions
CHANDRA PRAKASH1, N.R. KOLI2, R.K. SHIVRAN3* and J.C. SHARMA4
Agricultural Research Station, Ummedganj Farm, GPO Nayapura, Kota - 324 001 (Rajasthan) (Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur)
Designation : 1,4Assoc. Prof., 2,3Asstt. Professor *(rshivranars2007@gmail.com)
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
Paper No. : P-0803
Total Pages : 3
Received : 15 March 2013
Revised accepted : 24 August 2013
First Page
Citation :
CHANDRA PRAKASH, N.R. KOLI, R.K. SHIVRAN and J.C. SHARMA. 2013. Influence of nitrogen levels and weed management practices on productivity of rice (Oryza sativa L.) under aerobic conditions. Green Farming Vol. 4 (5) : 594-596 ; September-October, 2013
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Ummedganj, Kota under vertisol of Rajasthan during kharif 2009 & 2010. This is situated in between 250 11'N latitude & 750 54' E longitudes with an altitude of 273 m mean sea level. The objectives of this study were to study the effect of nitrogen levels and weed control methods on growth, yield attributes and yield of rice. The experiment was laid out in split plot design in three replications with three levels of nitrogen (N Kg ha-1) in main plots, while five weed management practices in the sub-plots of each main plot. The results revealed that the rice variety IR-64 recorded maximum grain (3.46 t ha-1), straw (4.84 t ha-1) and biological yield (8.30 t ha-1) with the application of 125 Kg Nha-1 under aerobic conditions which was statistically at par with application of 100 kg N ha-1. On the other hand, different weed control practices also gave significantly higher grain yield of aerobic rice. The application of Pendimethalin @ 1.0 kg a.i. ha-1at 2 DAS + Rice : Dhaincha (1:1) + 2,4-D Na salt @ 0.80 kg a.i. ha-1at 25 DAS recorded excellent performance and contributed grain, straw and biological yield of 3.98, 5.55 & 9.53 t ha-1, respectively. Weed dry weight was recorded at 55 DAS showed that application of Pendimethalin @ 1.0 kg a.i. ha-1at 2 DAS + Rice : Dhaincha (1:1) + 2,4-D Na salt @ 0.80 kg a.i. ha-1at 25 DAS recorded significantly lowest weed biomass as compared to other weed control treatments
Key words :
Aerobic rice, Nitrogen levels, Productivity, Weed management, Yield attributes.