Vol. 2 (6) : November-December 2011 issue
Green Farming Vol. 2 (6) : 733-734 (November-December, 2011) (New Series)
Mineral constituents in rice grains (Oryza sativa) grown under organic and conventional farming systems
SAMARPITA ROYa1* and K.N. DHUMALb2
aDepartment of Environmental Sciences, bDepartment of Botany, University of Pune, Pune - 411 007 (M.S.)
Designation : 1Research Scholar *(samarpita.p.roy@gmail.com), 2Professor
Subject : Organic Agriculture, Organic Farming and Hi-tech Agriculture
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SAMARPITA ROY and K.N. DHUMAL. 2011. Mineral constituents in rice grains (Oryza sativa) grown under organic and conventional farming systems. Green Farming Vol. 2 (6) : 733-734 (November-December, 2011) (New Series)
ABSTRACT
A field excrement was conducted to study the comparitive account of mineral profiles in rice grains obtained from organic and conventional farming systems during 2010 at Kasmshet, Pune. The physico-chemical properties parameters were determined from soil samples drawn from fields. The mineral composition of rice grains under organic and conventional systems was estimated. The present study revealed that rice (Oryza sativa var. Indrayani) grains obtained from organic (100 kg N/acre+ in the form of cow dung manure) were superior in macro- elements like P. K and Ca as well as micro-elements like Si, Mg, Fe, Zn, Cu, Mo and I over conventional (100 kg N/acre+ in the form of urea +Suphala).
Key words :
Conventional agriculture, mineral constituents, organic agriculture, rice.
