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Micronutrients Availability in Soil–Plant System in Response to Long-Term Integrated Nutrient Management Under Rice–Wheat Cropping System

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In this study, we investigated the effect of long-term integrated nutrient management (INM) involving chemical fertilizers and organic amendments viz. farmyard manure (FYM), green manure (GM), and paddy straw (PS) on the availability of micronutrients in soil, their uptake by plants, and crop yield for rice–wheat system. Soil availability of micronutrients and their plant tissue concentrations was estimated in grain and straw of both the crops. Soil recovery coefficient (SRC) and transfer coefficient (TC) were calculated to find out micronutrients availability in relation to their plant uptake and transfer of micronutrients from shoot to grain, respectively. Results revealed that integration of FYM proved significantly superior to GM and PS in improving organic carbon, micronutrients availability, and shoot to grain transfer (TC) of Fe (both the crops) and Mn (wheat). Low SRC values of Zn, Cu, Fe, and Mn indicated that long-term INM can meet their plant nutritional requirement in rice–wheat system. However, higher SRC values for B (0.49) in 100% NPK treatment as well as in the integrated ones (0.22–0.27 for rice, 0.23–0.28 for wheat) suggest that quantity of this element in soil was too low to meet plants nutritional needs which was also confirmed by its very low content in the soil (below critical levels, i.e., 0.5 mg kg−1). This study concludes that long-term integration of FYM (with NPK fertilizers) has an edge over GM and PS in regulating the supply of micronutrients in soil–plant system and correcting the micronutrient deficiencies (except B) in rice–wheat cropping system.

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Acknowledgment

The authors wish to acknowledge the assistance and help received from Dr. Soumitra Chatterjee (Asst. Professor in Agril. Economics, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya) for carrying out statistical analysis of the large data sets as well as drawing inferences.

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The authors received financial assistance from All India Co-ordinated Research Project on “Integrated Farming Systems” funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Government of India, in carrying out this research.

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  1. Directorate of Research, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, 741 235, India

    Sushanta Saha, Shubhadip Dasgupta, Manabendra Ray, Biplab Pal, Sajal Pati & Swapan Kumar Mukhopadhyay

  2. Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Dr. Kalam Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Kishanganj, Bihar, 855 107, India

    Bholanath Saha

  3. Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, P.O. 741 252, India

    Trisita Seth & Gorachand Hazra

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Saha, S., Saha, B., Seth, T. et al. Micronutrients Availability in Soil–Plant System in Response to Long-Term Integrated Nutrient Management Under Rice–Wheat Cropping System. J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 19, 712–724 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-019-00071-6

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