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Effect of organic and inorganic nutrient management on soil nutrient dynamics and productivity of rice-chickpea system in lateritic soil

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Field experiments were conducted to analyse the changes in soil organic carbon (SOC), NH4 +-N and NO3 −-N and the yield of paddy rice due to application of organic (vermicompost, vermiwash, Azotobacter and crop residue) and inorganic sources of N in varied amounts and timing in dry-seeded rice during wet seasons (June–October) of 2013 and 2014. The residual effect of these nutrients was also assessed on pod yield of chickpea that was grown after rice. The experiment laid in a randomized complete block design comprised eight treatment combinations of organic and inorganic nutrient management and one control, where nothing was added. Our results indicated that recommended dose of N (100 kg ha−1) through vermicompost (VC) applied full as basal and in splits (half at basal and the other half at panicle initiation stage) to rice could attain 75 and 88% grain yield of chemical fertilizer (CF), respectively. The split application of VC was comparable to CF alone and CF + VC treatment in maintaining organic carbon, NH4 +-N and NO3 −-N contents of soil at panicle initiation stage of the rice crop. The residual effect of split application of VC gave significantly higher pod yield of chickpea compared to the rest of the treatments. Hence, split application of VC to rice was effective in improving rice grain yield than its one-time application and yield of following chickpea crop in lateritic soil.

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    K. Ashok Kumar, Dillip Kumar Swain,  Pallavi & B. C. Ghosh

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Kumar, K.A., Swain, D.K., Pallavi et al. Effect of organic and inorganic nutrient management on soil nutrient dynamics and productivity of rice-chickpea system in lateritic soil. Org. Agr. 8, 15–28 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13165-016-0169-z

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